Humiliation

mocking infamy and ridicule, might then be invested with almost as stern a dignity as the punishment of death itself.” (52) Hester endured all the punishment to herself instead of giving the name of the man she had sinned with. Hester didn’t mind the humiliation, she even accepted the A as a part of her. She displayed strength. Hester didn't need anyone’s help, unlike the Puritan women back in the day. She can multitask, she took care of her daughter. And supported her and herself at the…

touching movement that brings shame and embarrassment to the victim. Verbal bullying includes name-calling, teasing, taunting, and insults. Emotional bullying includes abandonment, harsh criticism, belittling, labeling, name-calling, swearing, humiliation, demeaning jokes, teasing about one 's mental capabilities or physical appearance, and shunning individuals. Because victims may react differently, a bully you may feel obligated to perform either one of these methods or a mixture. Whichever…

Westmoreland’s Request “Vietnam divided America more deeply and painfully than any event since the Civil War.” (Readings 9, To Avoid a Defeat, 231). The steady stream of American casualties suffered at the hands of the NVA made a difficult situation intolerable as American support for the war diminished with each soldier laid to rest. President Lyndon B. Johnson made a dire mistake in approving General Westmoreland’s request on to put combat boots on the ground in Vietnam, as the threat to…

Cultural Revolution Tsun Hin Ng 9E Introduction The Cultural Revolution was a movement that took place in China during 1966 to 1976 aiming to cancel traditional thoughts and practices such as confucianism and to strengthen the thoughts of communism. He also aimed to have a fair and equal community amongst the people. Background Information – Before the Revolution Before the Cultural Revolution, Mao launched a movement called the ‘Great Leap Forward’. This movement aimed on industrialising…

In Journey to the Wilderness, Frye Gaillard offers answers to the different perspectives that the Northern and Southern states of America developed from the Civil War. While the South seemed to revel in their “glorious defeat” the North remembered it as a fight for the unification of the country. As the South’s new generations grew, they were taught “stories of gallantry and courage, and admiration of the dashing generals…whose heroism was undiminished by defeat” (25, Gaillard). However, the…

Hester lives a life of humiliation and isolation, Dimmesdale suffers psychologically, and Chillingworth ruins his relationship with his wife. Nevertheless, each also seeks to somehow make amends. Hester, by her own free will, returns to the settlement and takes up her scarlet letter…

the attempted genocide of an entire race: the Jewish people. Germany wanted to purge the world of them and started by using concentration camps, otherwise known as death camps. In these camps, the “unfavorable people” were placed and unfathomable humiliation and abuse was showered upon them. One of the most notorious concentration camps of them all: Auschwitz. This camp was a heinous place to be during WWII; it broke the minds of men and left an imprint on their lives forever,…

also fear Kim Jong-un because of the strict punishments delivered to those accused of committing a crime. Trials involve the public humiliation of the criminal and sentencing usually means being sent to a “correctional labour camp” (Ritchie and Freeman 1-2). Or, the criminals may “become victims of enforced disappearance” (“UN Says North Korea” 1). Public humiliation or sudden disappearance are very effective ways to ensure that other civilians are dissuaded from committing any similar types of…

This timeless story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne takes place in and around the times of Salem and Concord, Massachusetts. Specifically modern day Boston. Although this story is fictional it incorporates many current events around this time of early colonization. Almost all pivotal changes that occur in this story originated on the town “scaffold”. These events set the course of the story as well as explain a great deal of Hawthornes plot. Each one of these unique scaffold scenes represent…

assume the domestics works. Another resemblance between Cora and Delia is the persecution they endured in their environment. The hard work made by Cora in her family house and in the Sturdivant’s house, where she was servant, was compensate by humiliation and contempt. She was considered like a dog by the Sturdivant family and was called nigger by the Melton people. (Langston) Cora endured all these oppressions and did not give up in her hard work. Delia, like Cora, did not earn respect from…