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    Labeling in society Public shaming is becoming popular in today’s society. Parents are using the social network to diminish and embarrass their children while others decide to just do it publicly but, it ends up getting the media attention which eventually ends up on YouTube or the news. This process creates a label for the children as well as parents when they partake in these kind of acts. Sometimes public shaming is a way to get their children to understand that they would rather be…

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    he feels he is not good enough for Estella. Pip attempted not only to better himself, but Joe as well. Pip “[...] wanted to make Joe less ignorant and common, that he might be worthier of [his] society and less open to Estella 's reproach” (Dickens 109). Although educating Joe might be considered good, shame and embarrassment is the reason why Pip wants to change Joe. Pip tries to better himself by becoming a gentleman, but this leads some of the events that cause the reader to dislike Pip.…

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    Guilt. It’s a troublesome feeling that can transcend borders, languages, and ethnicities. Just one syllable, but it can shape a person 's life forever. Everyone, no matter who he or she is, has something to feel guilty for. The reasons for feeling shameful are varied and complex. Some examples are betraying a friend, becoming disconnected from one 's culture, and disappointing family members. In the Kite Runner, author Khaled Hosseini wrote “And that 's the thing about people who mean everything…

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    Initiative vs. Guilt As a consequence of the time I was in the children 's circle, and the discipline from my teachers and parents to meet a daily routine, my confidence grew considerably. My performance was exemplary. Besides, I felt not only comfortable, but I enjoyed the daily activities. However, in the coming years I would learn that things are not kept motionless, just the opposite may change at any time. The first change I would face would be the influence of my parents. Initially, they…

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    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.…

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    Happiness, expressed in an everyday sense, is a mental or a psychological state of being sound and well defined by positive energy or joy. One may feel happy in a different manner, and due to a different reason than another. For example, one may be happy to win a million dollar lottery, whereas another may be happy to just to be alive. It is subjective when it comes to interpreting happiness as it differs with every individual. As a matter of fact, happiness compels an individual to embrace…

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    Oedipus, the leader of Thebes, kills his father and marries his mother. Acts as such are quite often considered unusual and felonious; they are not endured inside conventional society. A man who carries out those illicit demonstrations of murder and interbreeding would be viewed as a criminal, yet Sophocles ' character, Oedipus, is not liable of either wrongdoing. This paper argues that if Oedipus knew his real identity things would have been different, even though Oedipus’ actions would be…

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    desire to be in the war, or even cared anything about the war. In all that he does as the team leader, he is very unsure, scared of what may happen with him in charge. Later, in the war, Cross faced many other obstacles, such as deaths, that led to shame and guilt, forming PTSD in his mind. Cross can be viewed as a Christ like figure. Christ took on the sin of the world upon his shoulders, in order to save everyone in it. “For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so…

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    throughout the novel. As Charity’s shame increases, her sexual accessibility increases. The increase in socioeconomic status and desexualization of Annabel increases her marital quality and Harney’s respect. An additional factor to Harney’s degradation of Charity remains the fact of her cultural and educational…

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    In chapter four of Paradise Lost, shame plays a major role in Satan’s characterization not only because it brings attention to his disfigured shape, but also to the readers’ pathos. That is, although shame makes Satan and the readers aware of his vileness, it also reminds them both of the alleged-mistreatment by God. For instance, in Satan’s soliloquy, he states, “but other Powers as great [as I]/ Fell not, but stand unshak’n” (Book IV, 63-4). Satan strategically compares himself to other…

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