As you can see examples of shunning are directly expressed through the fact that TMZ released a video on the actions of Ray rice and the fact that people described his punishment as mild. ... This was Hester's punishment for committing her "crime." it was described as humiliating to Hester and was considered immorall to the citizens and shunned upon as a "sin". ... As you can see, both victims of such crimes are seen differently and were once normal human beings before the news broke out of their "sins." ... Another comparison between Ray Rice and Hester is that their punishments were co...

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The scaffold is a place in the Scarlet Letter in which Puritan punishment takes its course, through the scorn that the townspeople provide to the victim on the pillory. ... The word "penalty" indicates that the punishment that Hester received was equal to the crime that she committed, as degree of a penalty is normally assessed in relation to the level of illegality of the infraction. ... This quote emphasizes a harsh and unforgiving punishment of the scaffold and Puritan punishment in society. ... "Heathen" indicates an irreligious area that is not under the strict confi...

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Although, the narrator points out indirectly that Dimmesdale is a person of self-harm as he explains that "Crime is for the iron-nerved, who have their choice either to endure it, or, if it press too hard, to exert their fierce and savage strength " (Hawthorne 274). It is evident that Dimmesdale is too altruistic to handle the gravity of his guilt and as it keeps growing, the only resolution is for self-flagellation as a punishment for his wickedness. ...

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