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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. ....

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.... himself with all night vigils, carved an ‘A’ onto his chest, and he severely whipped himself. He tortured himself not because the Puritan’s had punished him, but because he felt an undying guilt for what he had done. 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 i ....