Post #2: The Scarlet Letter

Some readers believe that the elaborate decoration that Hester embroiders on the scarlet letter indicates her rejection of the community’s view of her act.  Do you agree or disagree?  Explain.

Post #1     Public Executions

If you are being ridiculed, scorned, or verbally abused by quite a large section of the public, you are being pilloried. When public figures are pillored, it is usually on TV, on radio talk shows, and in the newspapers. The original meaning of the word pilloried was much more literal. It referred to being physically locked into the pillory, an uncomfortable contraption, so that the public could witness your disgrace.

One form of Puritan punishment was being placed in the pillory. This public display of humiliation was believed to provide enough ridicule to hinder a person to commit crimes. Public executions were also preformed during the Puritan era. Do you think that public executions would minimize the number of crimes that are committed  today if we practiced his method of administering justice?