A teen’s private information is placed on the internet causing her to lose her reputation, an adult’s mistakes was posted online and caused him to lose his job, and a boy takes his life because of a few hateful messages. Public shaming was around before the internet and it is still around today. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Monica Lewinsky, and Nick Bilton agree that this tradition must end because of the negative impacts it has on people. Therefore, the impact of public shaming on an individual is that it negatively can affect their personal, social, and professional life.
Foremost, public shaming can affect an individual personally. “In 1998, I lost my reputation and my dignity. I lost almost everything, and I almost lost my life” (source B, Lewinsky). Unfortunately, Monica had almost taken her life due to public shame. This connects to The Scarlet Letter, where hester expresses her feelings to her husband, Roger Chillingworth. “I have thought of death,” said she,—“have wished
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Public shaming has effected Ms. sacco’s professional life. “She deleted her entire social footprint online, including her instagram, facebook, and twitter, and was fired from her job, effective 12 hours earlier.” (source B). Ms. Sacco has lost her job because of public shaming. However, public shaming has impacted hester and Monica in a different way. “At age 22 I fell in love with my boss, and at age 24, I Learned the devastating consequences, (source B). not only did she fall in love with her boss but he was an important figure. “Unlike me, though, your boss probably wasn't the president of the United States of America.” Since she fell in love with her boss who is a well known figure. More people would know about her mistake and publicly shame her for it. Hester who had the same issue of falling in love with an important figure has a lot of consequences. Both are publicly shamed for falling in love with the wrong
The punishments that the characters must undergo are worsened by the fact that they do not tell the whole truth. Hester has been found guilty of adultery but when she is asked to tell whom it was that she committed the sin with she refuses saying "Never.
They both committed adultery, which then became the root of all of the issues within their respective stories. How this was known to be wrong was the commandment given by Jesus Christ in the Bible, “Thou shalt not commit adultery.” This makes their sins completely equal to each other. The punishment inflicted upon them was different however. Hester was forced to wear a scarlet letter A and bear her shame and John was executed. Hester suffers from the intense shame and ridicule as it is stated, “She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom.” It is remarkable to know that both characters felt a physical weight of their guilt. And it’s rather profound when John confesses his sin. He said. “I have known her, sir. I have known her.” All the while he was trembling and weeping, showing how much he truly feels his sin. Whether or not it is true, is it society’s place to judge individuals based on rumor and or hearsay and carry out
One of Hester’s greatest qualities is her unrelenting selflessness. Despite her constant mental anguish due to her sin, the constant stares and rude comments, and the
Lastly, Hester states how she even blamed herself for doing this “crime” to even marry the man, seeing herself at fault for having such a relationship with the man she repented being with the most in life. This is portrayed where Hawthorne states, “She marvelled how such scenes could have been! She marvelled how she could never been wrought upon to marry him! She deemed it her crime most to be repented of , that she had ever endured, and reciprocated, the lukewarm grasp of his hand, and had suffered the smile of her lips and eyes to mingle and melt into his
Had Hester given a name and condemned her child’s father, she would not have to stand alone. The fact the “[she] will not speak” shows her love for Pearl’s father (68). Hester’s love for this man is her downfall; had she been willing to give him up in an act of selfishness, she wouldn’t have to suffer alone. In addition to this show of weakness, Hester has the opportunity to leave town after she is released from prison, giving her a chance to start a new life and live free from judgement and away from the weight of the eyes of the town. Instead of taking this gift, she “deemed herself connect in a union” with the father of her child, therefore she chooses to bear the town’s judgement for “a joint futurity of endless retribution,” (80). Hester Prynne was married to Roger Chillingworth for convenience, not for love. He had “betrayed [her] budding youth into a false
with. Having a heart blinded by love Hester choose to stay in the town and
Hester could not escape her evil husband nor her liability in augmenting Authur's anguish. Secondly, Hester's adultery was the most prominent sin in the eyes of ...
In fact, now many women revere her as a wise counselor and go to her seeking advice. Hester tells them that she has come to believe that the world is still growing and developing, and someday it will be ready to accept a new more equal relationship between men and women. However, despite her renewed optimism and the people’s apparent forgiveness for her transgressions, Hester still sees herself as “a woman stained with sin, bowed down with shame, or even burdened with a life-long sorrow” (232-233.36-2). In her youth, she sometimes envisioned herself as one who could usher in the newer and more accepting age, but she now believes that she is too tainted to play such a role and that the task must instead be left to a woman who could be “a medium of joy” and exemplify “sacred love” (233.4-5). In this final description of Hester, we don’t see any trace of the vanity she exhibited when she was young. Her opinion of herself has become much more humble and self-deprecating, and it is clear that she has matured greatly since the opening of the
One should not violate the godliness of a pure heart. Hester was a radical woman in her time, more like a 20th century woman. She knew that true love was more important than a phony, love-less marriage.
In Hester’s community it is looked down to have an affair while you are married even if you do feel alone and otherwise able to do so. Hester Prynne was having an affair with Arthur Dimmesdale while her husband, Roger Chillingworth, was away. While she was having the affair she was commiting a sin that will lead to severe consequences. This can also relate to the movie film Chicago where Roxie
In The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne’s act of adultery with Arthur Dimmesdale (Hawthorne 231) ultimately leads to negative and positive impacts on her life, including being isolated from everyone in town, being mocked and gossiped about, being more mature, and being more compassionate. One of the negative effects the loss of innocence has on Hester is that she becomes isolated from everyone in town. Hawthorne describes Hester:
Hester Prynne and Lindsay Lohan have both been involved in large public scandals. Hester Prynne was involved in a scandal concerning adultery. A townsperson says, “else you would surely have heard of Mistress Hester Prynne, and her evil doings. She hath raised a great scandal” (Hawthorne 57). Hester’s sin of adultery is well-known throughout the community, and therefore she cannot escape the ridicule from the townspeople. Comparably, Lindsay Lohan has recently been in the middle of a public
Hester is indeed a sinner, adultery is no light matter, even today. On the other hand, her sin has brought her not evil, but good. Her charity to the poor, her comfort to the broken-hearted, her unquestionable presence in times of trouble are all direct results of her quest for repe...
All people, regardless of race, gender, or profession, feel shame in their lives. Shame is defined as humiliation caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behaviour. Shame researcher Brené Brown in a Ted Talk defined guilt as “I’m sorry for this mistake” whereas shame is “I am a mistake.” She also stated that vulnerability is not weakness, and shame teaches creativity, emotional risk, courage, and innovation. Shame for not satisfying society’s standard of perfection leads people of different races and genders to hate themselves, to hide their flaws, and not to take the opportunities they want, when in reality making mistakes is human. Brown concludes that shame is an epidemic in our culture, and empathy is the antidote. In American society,
Public opinion is often emotional rather than rational, so it is extremely easy to be incited and would possibly cause cyber bullying, which means to attack one person or a small group of persons by using offensive language. The damage caused by cyber bullying to a person is not virtual but real. An article from PR Newswire called “Cyber Hunting and Cyber Bullying” tells a st...