Monica Lewinsky

William “Bill” Clinton, the 42nd president, gave his “I Have Sinned (1998)” speech explaining and asking for forgiveness due to his affair with his secretary Monica Lewinski. Through this speech Clinton demonstrates strong pathos, ethos and logos. Clinton’s main goal was to let the citizens of America and people involved know that he is deeply sorry for his actions. His tone throughout the speech is apologetic because of the content of his speech. Bill Clinton was born on August 19th, 1946, in…

“The Price of Shame” (Monica Lewinsky), and “Is the internet a Mob without Consequence” (Nick Bilton). Public shame has colossal effects on the social, professional, and personal aspects of life. First of all, public shame has gigantic effects on the social aspect of a person’s life. Public shame has affected Monica Lewinsky’s social life:“ I was branded as a tramp, tart, slut, whore, bimbo and of course, that woman. I was seen by many but known…

with 21 year old Monica Lewinsky. Lewinsky then gets transferred to the Pentagon to stop the relationship. Clinton is reelected in 1996 for another 4 years. Linda Tripp was a friend of Lewinsky and started secretly taping the phone conversations. Clinton still kept in touch with Monica and tried to find her a job. Vernon Jordan who is the president’s secretary and Betty Currie also tried to find Lewinsky a job. In 1998, Clinton denied having sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky but just months…

In Monica Lewinsky’s TED talk “The Price of Shame” she claims that being cruel to others was nothing new until the internet revolution which led to an increase of public humiliation and shaming in the online world. Monica Lewinsky stated that “Gossip websites, paparazzi, reality programming, politics, news outlet, and sometimes hackers all traffic in shame”. The rise of social media has produced celebrity news outlets that only focus on stories that have maximum effect on publicity humiliating…

In the school year 2015-2016, there was a total of 804 reported cyberbullying incidents (Algar, Cyberbullying in City Schools). This number is higher than the prior year by 118 additional reported incidents. These statistics show an increase in the amount of bullying/cyberbullying that children experience on a day-to-day basis. These numbers should show us that we need to open our eyes and pay more attention to the painful reality that is happening in and out of the children’s’ schools.…

the victim to commit suicide. Fortunately, there are people taking action. Monica Lewinsky, a former intern at the white house, illustrated her cyberbullying experience through her TED talk: The Price of Shame. Leading the way for a change to help end the pain of people who too have been cyberbullied; and preventing another life to be taken by suicide. Before I get ahead of myself, it is best to understand what led Monica to become a media sensation. Based on her testimony, she confided in an…

not forced to display the letter A on their chest or stand on a scaffold to be publicly shamed, but the underlying concept is still prevalent. An example of this that possesses many parallels to The Scarlet Letter is the "Lewinsky Scandal” that emerged in 1998. Monica Lewinsky shouldered the bulk of the judgement by society as President Clinton was…

media likes to focus a lot of attention to the act of adultery. One famous infidelity scandal that the media went wild with was the Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky case. Bill Clinton was the President of the United States of America at the time he was accused of having an extra marital affair with the White House intern at the time, Monica Lewinsky. Bill Clinton was impeached in 1998 because of the acts he committed. According to The Sun, the…

publicly shamed, but the underlying concept is still prevalent. An example of this that possesses many parallels to The Scarlet Letter is the "Lewinsky Scandal". Monica Lewinsky shouldered the bulk of the judgement by society as President Clinton was defended and protected. The situations that led to the shunning of both Hester Prynne and Monica Lewinsky are very similar. Both women were part of an adulterous relationship with a man in a position of power.…

said “I did not have sexual relation with that woman”. August. 17, 1998 Mr. Clinton came out and admitted he’s Sins. He admitted he had a private relationship with Monica. Why would A man of his power lie about having an intimate relationship with Monica Lewinsky? He didn’t only lie about having private relationship with Ms. Lewinsky. He lied to the American people. The American people viewed Bill Clinton as a guy with great personal charisma, a voice that caught the American peoples eye. But…