Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. Of course, nowadays society sees it even more because of the internet and social media. Whether online or in person, public shaming is an act of bullying and punishment and it leads to depression and suicidal thoughts. The concept of public humiliation should be left in the past because of its impact on a, b, and c. Your topic sentence should introduce the main idea of the paragraph. Right now, it’s just about Scarlet Letter and doesn’t address what you’re
In today’s society, whenever someone posts things such as, pictures, videos, comments, etc. on the internet it can never be deleted or erased. Not ever will be expunged. Considering that the Lewinsky Scandal was in the late 1990’s, technology was on the brink of drastically changing the way people interacted with others. Just a few years prior to this specific event, news could only be broadcasted on limited outlets. “In 1998, after having been swept up into an improbable romance, I was then swept
The impacts of public shame are countlessly horrific that they eliminate any possible benefits. Hester Pryne in The Scarlet Letter was publicly shamed and forced to wear an immense “A” on her bosom for her sin of adultery which of course led to people labeling her as the biggest sinner in the world. Rude comments similarly flowed into a modern day case of adultery with Monica Lewinsky. Her
unfortunately it comes with the price of users having the power to post anything they feel at no cost. One of the biggest scandals in history between former President Bill Clinton and his assistant during the time, Monica Lewinsky serves as a prominent example as to how negative and shameful comments from users on social media can consume and disturb a person. Monica Lewinsky further explains how the media impacted her public identity in a recent TED talk,“I came to realize that there were two