The Scarlet Letter 3
The society in which we live in today has evolved a great deal since the seventeenth century. One of the most evident changes was the moralistic attitude towards sins, crimes, and the like. The definition of evil has metamorphasized since the era of Hester Prynne. Hester Prynne, the principle character in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, was forced to endure public humiliation. She was condemned for her actions and her punishment was to bear the infamous scarlet letter. She wears this scarlet letter 'A' to signify that she is an adulteress and an outcast to society. The Puritans of Boston eschew and mock Hester because of her crime and the scarlet letter she bears. The Puritans illustrate this when they force her to stand upon the scaffold with her scarlet letter for long periods of time. Dimmesdale, of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, also suffered to a great extent. In fact, he suffered more than Hester, even though his sin was not revealed until hi
In contrast to the punishments of Hester and Dimmesdale, President Clinton will be punished less severely. President Clinton should not be impeached for the controversy surrounding him. According to Elaine Kamarack, author of "The Comeback Kid Can Do It Again," "The core issue is simply too trivial to warrant something so traumatic to the nation." She believes that Clinton's crime is not evil enough to bring about an impeachment. She also writes, "The U.S. Congress... would not want to cast a vote inviting into their own lives the kind of scrutiny that Bill Clinton has experienced." The adulteration and the lying committed by President Bill Clinton are not serious enough to cause an impeachment of the President, thus bringing an examination of the Congress member's lives in order to discover the other crimes committed in the government. A Houston Chronicle Editorial states, "President Clinton, to the surprise of almost no one, has figuratively bared the scarlet letter he wear
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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