Thesis: The Scarlet Letter

I am going to talk about the topic of how effective shame is as a punishment, both private and public, as a punishment. I am going to touch on both Dimsdale and Hester's differing punishments. Also I am going to talk about the self punishment inflicted by both Hester and Dimsdale in self-penance for there crimes. i was also going to talk about the differing views on Hesters punishment like the good wives on pg 97 and 103. I am especially going to talk about what Hester feels instead of what is being percieved by the public like the on pg 105 a where she says "she perchance underwent an agony from every footstep..."and at the end of that page Hawthorne says to the reader "there can be no outrage...more flagrant than to forbid the culprit to hide his face for shame; as it was the essence of this punishment" also i wound use the quote from Dimsdale when he is talaking to Hester from the scaffold on pg 129. and quote on pg 117 109