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    my face inches from the paper, unable to see the words. But as soon as I put my glasses on, and looked through the lenses, I was able to see again, and my humiliation ended. Humiliation is a common theme in literature. Much like I could finally see clearly by looking

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    Public humiliation can be extremely effective and valuable for improvement in discipline and serves as a deterrent against future crimes. Public shaming has been employed since the beginning of time and is practiced worldwide. Throughout history, the advantage of the practice of public humiliation was exploited by early civilization for the prime and propitious results. In Ancient Rome, public humiliation was frequently utilized during crucifixion, when a person was killed for a sin. Crucifixion

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    Public humiliation supposedly enforces people’s behaviors to change but does shame really influence people to change? Most people have their different opinions on public humiliation but either way Hester is a victim of this cruel well-known Puritan punishment. On the other hand, as a result of Reverend Dimmesdale withholding his sin, a hard-hitting sickness secretly hits the reverend. The scarlet letter located on Hester’s chest is a constant reminder of her wrong decision. In the novel The Scarlet

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    decision to cut her hair and post the video of him doing it was too much for her to manage. She ended up jumping off a highway overpass and landing on a car. Now and days teens are peer pressured by their friends, so being different is unacceptable. Humiliation can be defined as “the emotion you feel when your status is lowered in front of others”

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    mistake he usually does not want that mistake to be known. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, public humiliation is implemented on the main character, Hester Prynne. In Toni Locy’s “Concerns raised on ‘Scarlet Letter’ for Drunk Drivers”, the effectiveness of public humiliation is both questioned and supported. As well as in Wray Herbert’s “The Two Faces of Shame”. Public humiliation causes a person to take even more responsibility for his sins. Through the exposure of his mistakes he must

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    The grand impact of public humiliation brought on by cyberbullying, and those using this for a financial gain. With just one click someone’s personal reputation can be shattered instantaneously. For some people the public humiliation had been unbearable, and tragically take the lives. Lewinsky believes we need a shift to a long held value of compassion and empathy that we now lack. I agree with this argument. For the first time cyberbullying is leading to suicidal ideations. The invasion of others

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    The focal issue addressed in “The Under- Appreciated Role of The Humiliation in the Middle School” is humiliation. According to this article, a well-built feeling of embarrassment is what humiliation is referred to. Humiliation is an extremely considerable issue as it leads to an increase of emotions that dispossess a person’s self-esteem. Two references contained in this article are ERIC database documentation and Friedman (2005). ERIC is an internet based digital library of education research and

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    has received their punishment they can move on with their lives but when someone is humiliated they get psychological damage with effects that can stay with them for the rest of their lives. In the article “Hide and Seek,” Neel Burton says that, “Humiliation is traumatic and often hushed up, whereas embarrassment, given enough time, can be sublimed into a humorous anecdote.” What Neel is really saying here is that although someone can be embarrassed, the

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    What is cyberbullying? Cyberbullying is an intentional form of technological posting, messaging, calling, or posting images used for harassment with intent to humiliate, hurt, or embarrass a specific targeted human being by nature of threat. The perpetrator can make his or herself anonymous when bullying or make themselves known to the public. Cyberbullies usually uses degrading words to offend the victim. They will oppress the victim by trying to possess authority and overpower them. Cyberbullying

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    Shoulders…knee caps…bra straps…collarbones…all scary, right? No? Well, if they aren’t scaring you then they are glowing, right? No? If they aren’t scary or glowing then why are they so distracting? Emily Lindon writes about how school dress codes are sexist in her article “Why Sexist Dress Codes Suck for Everyone.” I don’t believe that schools should make students feel uncomfortable with their bodies; I don’t believe that schools should make female students feel inferior to male students; I don’t

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