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Sympathy In Deadalus
In Deadalus the author speaks in a tone of sympathy.
Near the beggining of the story, the tone is shown by Deadalus being sympathetic of him killing Talus.
The author says: “He had not planned the deed It had been a sudden, crazy, impulsive, the next instant horrified at what he had done he rushed down to the boy.” (1)
As the story continued,The sympathetic tone is shown by how worried Deadalus is about his son, the author says: “His hands trembled as he thought of the great adventure before him. At the same time he was worried about the boy. Later the author states: “tears ran down Deadalus’s face.”
At the end sympathy is shown by how sad Deadalus is over his son’s death. The author says: “O Icarus,my son!” he wailed. “Even so fell Talus whom

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