Humiliation

strength while fighting off these “venomous” animals of the public, Dimmesdale is powerless to defend himself even against the concept the scaffold embodies when he loses control and “he shrieks aloud”(102). Both Hester and Dimmesdale fear this humiliation, but the display of power in their character lies in their responses. Hester is able to hold herself above the shame, battle it and find growth in it, while Dimmesdale utterly cowers under the concept of it, causing him to crumble and break…

Burmans surrounding him push him to kill. This causes him to feel a large amount of cognitive dissonance. Orwell conveys this conflicted tone through his diction when describing the narrator’s initial opposition to the act, his aversion towards the humiliation not killing the beast would draw, and his attempts to justify his actions. The narrator’s original thoughts on executing…

Therefore, an individual should care about public humiliation because it can have a large effect on a person’s future. A single case of public humiliation could have many aftershocks. One single case of public humiliation can lead to a lifetime of…

totally inconsequential to other people. We all carry around with us the flotsam and jetsam of perceived humiliations that actually mean nothing. We are a mass of vulnerabilities, and who knows what will trigger them?” ― Jon Ronson, So You've Been Publicly Shamed. In this ever changing fast pace world of the 21st century, we surround ourselves with a tremendous amount of hate and humiliation. Whether it be on social media, in the workplace or judgment of food choices, we seem to have an issue…

“Sometimes I pretend to be normal, but it gets boring, so I go back to being me.” - Unknown. In “A Brief Moment In The Life of Angus Bethune,” all Angus wants to do is fit in with everyone else. He’s an overweight kid who is in love with the girl of his dreams, Melissa LeFevre, Angus has one friend named Troy, his parents are homosexuals, and he’s being bullied by Rick Sanford. Firstly, Angus has been bullied by Rick ever since his early school days, Rick thinks that he and Angus are…

The USA Patriot Act was passed just a short six weeks after the 9/11 attacks which revealed great haste and secrecy among the federal laws. The act has riddled with flaws and has greatly compromised out fundamental freedoms. According to the Virginia Bill of Rights Coalition, they feel that “the Act may constitute a greater danger for America;” but what does that mean for our future? The USA Patriot Act was passed in 2001 after the 9/11 bombing attacks of the Twin Towers and was mainly…

In The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester Prynne is portrayed as a woman of remarkable strength. As punishment for her crime of adultery, Hester must wear the letter "A" on her chest for the rst of her life. Despite the hate and humiliation, she stays strong. We can see Hester's strength when she decides to hide the name of Pearl's father, and bear all the shame. Even though she knows if she gives him up her punishment will be lessened, she decides to keep him secret. When she is…

right to punish those that went against it. This idea is evident in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Witchcraft in Salem by USHistory.org. The concept that sin has consequences is seen in The Scarlet Letter by the labeling, public humiliation and imprisonment of the time. While Witchcraft in Salem illustrates the outcome of sin by executions and stonings. It is inevitable that no sin goes unpunished; everyone will be judged by others and have to answer to a higher power some…

type of punishment in Puritan society where someone would have to wear a scarlet letter on their shirt. This was for the reason of public humiliation so people would be discouraged to do anything bad. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne the main character Hester Prynne is being punished for a crime she committed and the punishment was public humiliation so she was forced to wear a scarlet letter. She was being discriminated and left out of society. In this book Hawthorne points out the…

On the other side of the world, in a beautiful valley, the Pakistan district of Swat is swarming with terrorists. Islamic people who disobey the harsh laws set by the officers patrolling the Pakistan area, the Taliban, are exposed to public humiliation, and in many cases, death. Children attend school with fear, not knowing whether they will arrive home alive each day. Girls are banned from receiving an education, for the Taliban considered females that can read or write to be a crime against…