Shame

Fame and Shame: The Great Polarities of Oedipus the King Most tragic heroes are revered and loved by many until they face a plight that ultimately leads to their demise. This plight not only affects the fate of the hero ,but how they are seen by others. The tragedy, “Oedipus the King” (KO), written by Sophocles, is no exception. King Oedipus is popular to all the citizens of Thebes for his work in solving the Sphinx’s riddle and ridding of a disastrous plague, however, a truth unbeknownst to him

What is a symbol? A symbol is something that is used to represent something else. For example the letter A in The Scarlet Letter stands for adultery. Symbols are usually used to deliver a specific message. In the book the scarlet letter A is used to convey a message and throughout the book the meaning changes. The scarlet letter A in the beginning stands for adultery, during the middle of the book it changes and becomes a symbol for able, and finally in the end it becomes approachable. In The

The Scarlet Letter: A Romance is a work of fiction written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Set in Puritan Boston, Massachusetts, during the years of 1642 to 1649, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter through an affair with a mysterious person. Throughout the book, Hawthorne explores the theme of sin through Hester’s daughter, Pearl, and the red scarlet letter. Sin is shown throughout the book through Pearl and the letter “A” written on Hester’s boosm. A sinful action between two

sins of adultery. The scaffold represents a place of shame and pity but also of final triumphs. Each scene illustrates the importance of the scaffold behind them with many potent similarities and differences. In the first scaffold scene Hester Prynne is depicted standing alone while clutching her baby. She has been sentenced to the scaffold for three hours to face public condemnation. In the Puritan society, where this novel is set, public shame is a source of entertainment. On this occasion the

away their right to privacy which can affect their everyday life. In the Scarlet Letter, Hester underwent serious public shame because everyone knew about her private life without her consent. Her punishment was to wear a scarlet colored “A”, for adultery, on her chest and stand on a scaffold in front of the whole community for public shame. They even tried to take her child away. In the book, it describes her punishments by saying, “Lastly, in the

The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter is a tale that revolves around the idea of penance for sins and adultery, but no other character has paid for her sins more in this novel than Hester Prynne, the woman branded for a prohibited love with a man named Dimmesdale. Throughout the story, Hester Prynne must manage her sin and its production, her daughter Pearl, as well as deal with the consequences that follow. In addition to the creation of Pearl, Hester Prynne was a woman who committed the act of

will not speak!” (75) and places “his hand upon his heart” (75) as an outward sign of his remorse. Dimmesdale’s failure to confess his sin at the scaffold instills a sense of guilt into his soul which eventually develops into an unbearable burden of shame. In the years following his encounter with Hester on the scaffold, Dimmesdale finds his health deteriorating as he struggles to endure his internalized burden of guilt. Unbeknownst to the minister, he is mentally tormented by his physician, Roger

Have you ever been shamed for something you did wrong? How’d it feel? Now imagine being shamed in front of a whole town of people. How do you think that would feel? This is exactly what Hester Prynne went through in The Scarlet Letter. It’s also what I will go through soon. I think that wearing a Scarlet letter would force me to realize that my “sin” can only hurt me in the long run so I need to work on it. That way I can have “redemption” and be allowed to remove my Scarlet letter. I want to tell

Scarface: The Shame of a Nation (Hawks, 1932) According to film theorist Thomas Schatz, “a genre approach (to film) provides the most effective means for understanding, analyzing, and appreciating the Hollywood cinema (Schatz vii).” His approach to film is strongly supported by theorist Edward Branigan’s and the narrative representation of character interaction (Branigan), and André Bazin’s arguments that the objective reality pressed against audience interpretation. Through the application of these

puritan minister and is scorned for her actions. After revealing that she is pregnant the community was quick to arrest her and prepare her for a public humiliation. Moreover, after Hester was judges for the affair she was forced to wear the badge of shame which is a fabric letter A on her chest. This was worn as a consequence for the sin she committed and the “A stood for adultery”(Austin James8). For