Brene Brown spoke at a TED talk about Listening to shame. During the talk she mentions that it is important to know being vulnerable does not mean someone is weak. Many people do not like talking about what makes them vulnerable because they are afraid of being perceived as weak. People need to learn that being vulnerable isn’t weakness but instead shows that they have the strength enough to know and make it shown. In chapter five of the text book it mentions about the ethics of the person and
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A Puritans FollyNever forget that only dead fish swim with the stream. -Malcolm Muggeridge. This famous quote justifies that to be an individual‚ one must break from society and think for himself‚ and only when he has done this‚ is he truly alive. Nathaniel Hawthornes novel The Scarlet Letter is about a courageous woman‚ Hester Prynne‚ and her struggle to split from society in order to live the loving life she has always wanted. By the use of symbolism‚ Hawthorne is effectively able to portray the
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When a song is as heavily covered as Fats Domino’s “Ain’t That A Shame” from his album Rock and Rollin with Fats Domino you know that there is something special about it. With recording artists such as Pat Boone‚ Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons‚ and even the 1970s rock group‚ Cheap Trick recording the song many people know at least one version. However the original version has a special something about it that helps it stand out from the many covers. The song has an enticing hook‚ interesting
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judging that one token of her shame would but poorly
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the “young and pure.. to look at her scarlet letter flaming on her breast” as a sign of what not to do (54). But Hester took this public humiliation and guilt and chose to embrace it instead of hiding from it. She faced the “tortures of her daily shame [to] purge her soul” (55). To rebuild herself from her sin‚ she tried to do good by helping anyone possible‚ even the “wretches less miserable than herself” and tried her best to make herself seem saint-like (57). This process of seeking forgiveness
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Hester is publicly shamed and forced to wear the scarlet letter. He vows revenge on the father of Pearl. 2. Hester was condemned to wear the "Scarlet Letter‚" as punishment for adultery. The scarlet letter was the letter "A" and is a symbol of shame. It was meant to single out the wearer for their sin and ostracize them from the community. Hester’s pregnancy and Pearl’s subsequent birth were the reason she was publicly shamed by the Puritan community. The scarlet letter is bright red with gold
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There are a lot of symbols throughout The Scarlet Letter. Some symbols stay the entire book other just fades as the book goes on. Three of the biggest symbols that stay the entire book are the Roses on the prison door‚ the scarlet A‚ and Pearl. The roses on the prison door represent Hester while the door represents the A. The door is described as ugly‚ “The iron-work of its oaken door‚ looked more antique than anything in the New World” pg.45 which is similar to how some would think of the A’s meaning
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story begins‚ the women of the town are slandering Hester Prynne for her misdeeds and discuss ways to punish her and brand her as an adulterer. While the unforgiving women attempt to scorn her‚ Hester enters the scene from the prison with her badge of shame. Hester Prynne had sewn her own scarlet letter to advertise her sin. "It was so artistically done‚ and with so much fertility and gorgeous luxuriance of fancy‚ that it had all
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A Sign for Sin Throughout The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the effects of sin and guilt on the mind‚ body‚ and soul of Hester and Dimmesdale are revealed through imagery and symbolism. Hester and Dimmesdale are living in the tormented realm of social stigma inflicted by carrying around sin and guilt in different ways. For example‚ in The Scarlet Letter‚ Hester remains beautiful and composed on the outside throughout her punishment‚ while her body and poker face are not affected. Dimmesdale
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Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter‚ depicts a story of a woman who is shamed by her community because she commits to adultery. Having to wear the embroidered scarlet letter “A”‚ Hester Prynne experiences shame‚ negative comments‚ and change. Hester Prynne withstands a frightening process‚ through this she transforms her physical appearance and beliefs‚ this can be depicted through her actions. Hawthorne then has Hester Prynne become accepting of her mistake through a violent cleanse. Hester Prynne
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