The Mistakes Of Hester Prynne And Monica Lewinsky

The Scarlet Letter and the Monica Lewinsky Scandal are stories about mistakes and their repercussions. In both stories, we focus on women having an affair with a man and the backlash that is received for doing so, but we also are asked whether the punishment they receive is necessary. The women are destroyed by what transpires and so, and so we must find a solution to these problems.

People started realizing the benefactors of bulling over the internet. The cyberbully method became an outbreak and now, it is one of the most common ways public shaming and humiliation start. Corresponding to influential decisions, politics associate in the persuasion of this concept. As many representatives or future candidates of the United States mock one’s opponent, it sends a message to everyone watching; its acceptable to publicly humiliate and shame someone to put oneself ahead of another. Women also relate to either being publicly shamed or publicly shaming one another. As the different period of times show the relation with public shaming, it seems to still be a reoccurring problem around the world. Social media, politics, and the different arguments about women are some of the vast contributions of the influences to public shaming and

Today most people would tell you that the stocks, pillory and other tools of public punishment are barbaric. We’ve moved passed them, having figured out more humane ways to deal with crime. Why, then, the resurgence of public shaming, namely the mainstream acceptance of the “dox,” which, in its purest form, is the digging up of a target’s personal information—name, phone number, address, Social Security number, familial relationships, financial history—and exposing it online to encourage harassment from others? This practice has gradually been popularized by Anonymous, the amorphous collective of trolls and “hacktivists” that alternately terrorize tween girls and disable government websites.

In “The Problem with Public Shaming,” an essay that first appeared in the Nation, Stryker argues against the form of public shaming promoted by online networks and how people have figured out a way to deal with crimes but not with social media. Stryker introduced the essay’s subject matter through social media examples, while reflecting on past experiences and stating important details that reinforce the subject of public shaming as well as “dox” and discusses this term throughout the essay. Stryker helps define the term “dox” by listing the common traits and information “doxxers” try to gather, which include—name, phone number, address, social security and financial

“He was charming and I was flattered, and I declined.” There are many women out there as well as men, who have experienced or better yet have said that exact same line to some person who has taken interest in them and they had to respectfully decline, sometime in their lifetime before. The only difference is that no one has ever experienced public humility like Monica Lewinsky did. Monica Lewinsky gave a speech entitled “The Price of Shame” in March of 2015 published by TED. In this speech, she discussed what made her a national trending topic in the late 1990s, how she handled the negative and small positive attention, how she is dealing with is and advocating on similar issues nowadays. Towards the end of her speech she begins to

"I ask that all Americans demonstrate in their personal and public lives... the high ethical standards that are essential to good character and to the continued success of our Nation."

They should have the opportunity to redeem themselves.” The sternness of public humiliation is questioned when it comes to first-time offenders. However, if the crime is serious enough public humiliation may be the right call. A townswoman says, “This woman has brought shame upon us all, and ought to die” (Hawthorne 49). Others believe public humiliation is not stern enough. Public humiliation can be too serious for first-time offenders. It can also be too lenient for people who has committed serious crimes. Hawthorne writes, “After her return to the prison, Hester Prynne was found to be in a state of nervous excitement that demanded constant watchfulness, lest she should perpetrate violence on herself, or do some half-frenzied mischief to the poor babe” (Hawthorne 67). When public humiliation is too hard on a person he may respond negatively. Prynne is having a mental breakdown because of all the emotions she feels after her public shaming. Public humiliation is beneficial however, gauging the use of public humiliation is difficult. Also, measuring a person’s strength and whether he can handle public humiliation is difficult as well.

The internet has put the world literally at anyone’s fingertips with a vast quantity of information is a mouse-click away. Young adults use the internet to spread rumors of the person they threaten because they envy their existence. The quote "stick and stones can break my bones, but words can never hurt me" means that peoples judgments shouldn 't hurt. However, deep down, we don 't want to face reality once someone spreads a lie through the internet. For example, a girl name Emma is a smart High School student who get along with anyone but there

To the public, Bill Clinton was noted as charismatic and considerate to all races and genders. Clinton was highly admired by Americans because of his speeches and his extremely social lifestyle. According to the Roper Center Public Opinion Archives at the University of Connecticut, Bill Clinton only had a sixteen percent disapproval rate at the beginning of his first term, however; in 1995 the Lewinsky Scandal occurred, and his disapproval rate rose to fifty-four percent (“Clinton Presidential Approval”). Although Americans supported Bill Clinton’s presidential administration, his involvement in the Lewinsky Scandal led to his demise.

To start the book, we find that a young woman has committed adultery and when standing in front of a mocking crowd, she is ashamed of her actions. Continuing through the book we find that the adulteress, Hester Prynne, displays many examples of positive outcomes arising from negative situations. She becomes more and more aware of the faults of society and becomes wiser as she deals with the consequences of her actions. Even though Hester made a terrible decision that came with many extremely negative effects, she gained personality traits, perceptions, and people that rose from her mistake.

Richard M. Nixon was a former vice president who barely won the election in 1968 against Hubert Humphrey for the Republican party. Once in his presidency, President Nixon pleased and displeased citizens in the United States. He was not necessarily the most liked president, but he was not the most disliked either. By 1972, it was time for the

America has always been viewed as a country of freedom and hope, a place that rose from the ashes of war to become a great and shining place that welcomes all. Thinking of it like this is simply not how history works, however; we’ve had many dark times and secrets and twisted ways of dealing with anything and everything, and not all of our leaders have been ambitious and compassionate presidents. This comes most blatantly into play with the Watergate Scandal, a trail of deceit and cover-ups that lead Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States, to his resignation from the government.

Bill Clinton became “famous” because of the Lewinsky scandal, but this adultery wasn’t his worst misstep at the workplace. According to military sources, the former president endangered America, when he temporary lost the “nuclear button”.

The 1970 's: a decade of corruption, lies, and shadiness. It seemed impossible any good could come out of such a disaster. However, only one thing was certain: United States Government would never be the same. Republican President Richard Nixon ran for reelection in 1972, amidst the Vietnam War and a divided nation (History.com Staff). It was crucial that Nixon and his reelection team put forth an aggressive campaign (History.com Staff). The Watergate Scandal increased public distrust of United States Government, therefore creating new acts to disclose government information and closer scrutiny of government by the media.

Watergate Scandal has been considered as one of the darkest chapters in American history. The event not only refers to unethical use of power by the public representatives but also levied great deal of attention on the mechanism of surveillance over the activities of public servants. Watergate scandal provides ethical directions not only to public servants but also provides ethical guidelines to the lawyers and media representatives as well. This incident reveals how ethical lines were crossed time and again by the politicians, legal attorneys and media for their own purposes. Ignoring the righteousness of the outcomes, events like these cause severe damage to the public's trust vested in these authorities which takes a long time to restore.