The act of Shunning is viewed in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter when the protagonist Hester Prynne commits adultery in the puritan society. ... This can be directly linked to how Hester was treated for what she did in puritan society in The Scarlet Letter. ... The question that comes to mind when thinking about the idea of public shunning is: Is this act of shunning positive or negative? ... the answer to these questions vary depending on the situations at hand. ... But what about something like committing adultery? ...

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