Harvest of Shame

this murder he will commit it quickly. He goes on to speak about the guilt he will feel, and considers the impact of his personal image, the impact of losing a king, and the impact of general murder in society. He at one point states that he feels shame in himself for being a murderer, in fact, he should be brave enough to prevent this murder. Macbeth is also well aware of the consequences. He is certain…

America has elected an extreme narcissist to be President. We have to learn what narcissism is, what to expect, and how to handle it. Autocratic leadership is the natural political expression of a narcissist. Mental health professionals can not speak out about a person they have not been authorized to diagnose (although a few have spoken out). While this makes ethical sense from their professional perspective, it leaves us without authoritative information. For now, this means that the…

multi-layered structure of the novel. Dulcie is a “protean subject that slithers hither and thither, out of reach, repeating, replacing, and transforming itself” (Wicomb 35). In this sense, Dulcie is a loose historical fragment that resides in traumatic shame that shatters David’s mental life, resulting in a messy recollection of memory. For example, Dulcie unleashes a world where the familiar things “buckle and sway” (Wicomb 177). Through the repetitive procedure, David cannot help but hold…

In The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne is very obvious about the true nature of the characters, especially Hester, whose strength is no secret. Our very first depiction of Hester Prynne is one of a tenacious young woman, “she repelled [the town-beadle], by an action marked with natural dignity and force of character, and stepped into the open air, as if by her own free will”(36). In this instance, Hester is not backing down from her crime, and she is saying that this is her sin, not anybody else’s.…

title The relatable story “ The Lie”, composed by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. , materializes in the normal everyday town of Marston Massachusetts. Like most kids have done, Eli Remenzel deceived his parents, and is in a deeper hole than he can dig himself out of. After getting a letter that says he didn't make it into Whitehill schools for boys, Eli promptly rips up the letter and doesn't tell his parents. Assuming Eli got into the high class school, the Remenzel’s attend the dinner for boys who have…

pornography viewing and his committing offense, but does not see it as a current high-risk behavior when he is actively in the act of viewing pornography while masturbating. He states that once he is done masturbating, he is overcome with a sense of shame and guilt because he knows that he is in violation of his probation and treatment rules, as well as his religious beliefs. The challenge at this time is to break through the “Distant Elephant” thinking error where he does not see the danger…

children at this stage is the notion of goodness of fit (Jeffries, 2015). As toddlers look for social cues from their environment and are developing their sense of self, if a child is not accepted by those around them they will experience stress, shame and doubt. Differing temperaments between child and caregiver can have a large impact on this development. The social and emotional differences experienced by the child and caregiver can cause friction and tension when the caregiver is unable…

In Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved, both Sethe and Paul D escape their physical bondage as slaves; however, a comparison between Sweet Home and 124, both places of torment and suffering, reveals how emotional bondage can also enslave a person sometimes without them even noticing. As we learn from piecing together flashbacks the characters share, our two main protagonists Sethe and Paul D begin their story at a farm called Sweet Home, where they are slaves to the Garner family. Although these…

The Psychological Effects of Shaming Shame itself comes in many forms and typically, people tend to associate shame with being humiliated about one’s self or a particular situation one finds themselves in. For example, Dick Gregory writes in his essay Shame, “I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that.” He tells the reader about how he was publically shamed by his teacher in class because he didn’t have father at home. While shaming can be useful, it can also have a…

Shakespeare’s successful career continued to grow rapidly as his 154 sonnets were published. As more people read deeper into the sonnets there have been multiple theories on who Shakespeare was writing about specifically in the sonnets. For example, with the first sonnet up to sonnet 126 the poet introduces the “fair youth” which the reader can then infer that the poet might be talking about a male. However, the dark lady is introduced in sonnet 127, and then brought up again in sonnet 128.…