Well, generally I don't agree with keeping animals in the circus.
But I guess in some rare cases, provided that the animals are really well treated (which excludes the bigger species, since they can't possibly not be stressed by the small amount of space circus offers), and provided that for whatever reason they can't live in the wild, (their environment is disappearing or they're hurt and would be rejected in a group), I guess it would be acceptable to keep them in a circus.
It would probably work best for the species that more readily socialize with humans: dogs, some monkeys. Again, this would only be acceptable if animal welfare was always in the first place, and if for examples the animals could refuse performing on a given day.
In those circumstances, a circus could provide a predator- free environment for them, which would be beneficial for the animals (but again, I am very skeptical this is ever the case).
The Scarlet Letter was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and explores the themes of legalism, guilt and sin. It tells the story of a young woman who is thought to have committed adultery. She refuses to tell anyone who the father of her child is. Her punishment is to wear a scarlet letter on her chest for the rest of her life. She is thus branded as a sinner and there can be no forgiveness for her crime. Master Dimmesdale is a young minister who tries to convince the town fathers that it is unfair to force the young women to confess her sins in public. Based on the above, the word that best describes Master Dimmesdale is "Compassionate".
