'Embarrassment In Just Slaughter'

| The word “shame” is not used in the soft sense that we interpret today. It is meant as a dishonour, a disgrace, an insult, which in those days was justifiable cause for a challenge - a fair trial in the eyes of God – a duel.

Unacknowledged Shame Theory is seen in a perspective that shame can cause a destructive emotion and can promote crime instead of preventing it if it is not managed positively. By using apology in return for forgiveness symbolises that reparation can commence (Braithwaite, 2004).

The article ‘Embarrassment and Social Organisation’ was written for the American Journal of sociology in 1956, since then Goffman 's work on embarrassment has been the backbone of understanding the sociology of embarrassment, as well as understanding the structures that reinforce the embarrassment. Goffman suggests that embarrassment is a recognisable deviation from the ease that is considered natural during social interaction. Embarrassment can be recognised through signs of emotional disturbance, blushing fumbling stuttering or change in voice, blinking or other actions that can be considered improper given the social interaction. Goffman describes two types of embarrassment, sustained

(Article 1) To start off, public humiliation is a form ridicule which is a complete mockery. This is a way of degrading someone and their position while people gather to taunt, tease, and verbally abuse one emotionally. When an individual is humiliated for what he or she has done, it already hurts them deep down inside which causes them to feel destroyed or not worthy of living anymore. In the Scarlett Letter, for example, Hawthorne state that "her heart had been flung into the street for them all to spurn and trample upon.” This shows her

Shame clearly takes a toll on the emotions, thoughts and actions of the person affected, no matter how big or small the issue one dealt with is. Emotions can affect someone

“Blame and shame are just concepts that often create a distance between ourselves and others, and work against the eventual establishment of just relationships” (Kelley, 86).

Serial killers and serial rapists are people that have done the most unforgivable, despicable and unmentionable things. Is it even possible to feel sorry for them at all? With all the things they have done to other humans and their outlook on the human race is unbearable, some even feel justified to take care of this problem. Can anyone truly empathize with those that gave no second thought to their crimes. Those that showed no mercy to those that asked and pleaded for mercy until their final breath.

William Goldman in The Princess Bride wrote, “Flaws would not only bring death but, far worse, humiliation. “Flaws, faults, and imperfections are all basic things people have, based on the saying that no one is perfect. Goldman wrote that flaws can turn into death, or even worse, humiliation. Humiliation is thought of as a very bad thing on byself, but if the public hears of your flawed errors, it turns into a major impact on your life. Monica Lewinsky, a former intern of the White House, is a good example of public humiliation. She made a speech called, “The Price of Shame”, which talks of how her flawed error of falling in love with the President out of lust, and how it caused a huge negative impact on her person, professional, and social life. Lewinsky’s story is very similar to the novel, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, which talks of a woman named Hester Prynne who is shamed with the act of adultery, she herself falling love with a man of higher authority. Their entire lives were affected dearly, by people looking at them, and saying things about them that were not true. Even today, public humiliation is taken as a punishment for people's mistakes, and taken to the max. In the article, “Is the Internet a Mob Without Consequence?”, it talks of how public humiliation had taken an even more extreme and easy to achieve the same negative impacts on someone due to technology increase and social media’s. Public shame is something everyone fears. Not just because it would embarrass them, but it will ruin their lives. Someone's social and professional life could be deeply affected, and even a great deal of personal issues and family issues can arise.

Thesis: In both “Lamb to the Slaughter” and “A Jury of Her Peers”, evidence was destroyed to keep the murder confined, but the two wives had different motives for murdering their husbands, and the stories took place in different time periods.

There are two kinds of shame in this essay which Richard conveys. The first kind is when people intentionally harm to other powerless people. The other kind is the shames we feel when one fail to take action at the right time and the right place. There is also a lesson of over throwing shame thought in this essay. Richard felt better about himself after working hard for his earnings .the other lesson is for Dick to take a helpful action when someone is in

With the entire world always watching a person’s every move, people find it harder and harder to forgive themselves of their transgressions. People often seek approval from others and when they make mistakes, they potentially receive ridicule from others creating shame for their actions. When faced with a shame such as that, a person has two options: to let the shame consume them or to confront their mistakes and move past them. The idea that people have the power to choose how their decisions will define them holds true in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 19th century novel The Scarlet Letter and holds true today.

It brings out a bit of irony considering that the term “shame” is used against people who intentionally did something wrong and as result of being confronted about it, feel guilty for their misdeeds; Gregory is a child, which alone depicts innocence, but also ignorance, whom didn't actually commit any crime and was genuinely trying to be a good person, but was made to feel bad for who he

The word “shame denotes a feeling or emotion that agents sometimes experience after wrong or bad actions. ” The moral conception of shame equates shame with guilt, indicating the feeling of unworthiness. Shame, however is an even more abstract and unpredictable word than guilt; in “Moving from Shame to Self-Worth” Edward Wimberley defines shame as “feeling unlovable.” Michael Lewis explores the shame of the centurion found in the Gospels according to Luke and Matthew.

Shame should never be used to advert someone's behavior, yet still, in this time period the practice is a daily experience that humans go through. In fact, if someone were to claim that they’ve never felt shamed by an action, words, or even a thought, they would be lying. Coming of age requires for people to regret certain decisions, after all, learning is about making mistakes, but for anyone to purposeful embarrass someone and then say that it’s for a “general good of the community” is inhumane and cruel. Feeling bad restricts people from overcoming obstacles and from creating a good out of a situation.

One of the main reasons why public shame is not an effective punishment is because it is a cruel and unusual punishment. The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution states that "cruel and unusual punishments [shall not be] inflicted.” The verdict of public shame is not morally just and should not be accepted in society. In The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne undergoes public torment for having a baby with a man other than her husband. She feels the shame of the punishment most when forced to walk through the square, under the scrutiny and torment of the town: “In a moment, however, wisely judging that one token of her shame would but poorly serve to hide another, she took the baby on her arm, and, with a burning blush, and yet a haughty smile, and a glance that would not be abashed, looked around at her