When asked to think of a person whom I feel empathy for‚ one person stands out in my mind‚ my brother. All my life‚ I’ve looked up to him. His charisma‚ sense of humor‚ and way with people caused him to be the apple of every teacher’s eye‚ the boy every girl liked‚ and the friend everyone wanted. However‚ these good qualities were taken to the extreme in his years of high school‚ taking him down a path to destruction. After countless parties‚ explosive fights‚ signs of complete disrespect‚ and
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CHARACTER ANALYSIS – To Kill a Mockingbird Character | Characteristics/Qualities | Important Quotes | Additional Information | ATTICUS | Atticus has integrity and believes that abiding the law (courthouse and humanity) is necessary.He demonstrates the qualities: * Humbleness/ modesty: he does not want attention for his good deeds. * Integrity * Loyalty: to his family and courthouse. * No prejudice: with regards to the coloured people. * Honesty: he was prepared to turn in Jem as a murderer
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Both Sides of Capital Punishment Murder is the unlawful killing of another human being with an intentional or criminal intent. In today’s world‚ terrible crimes are being committed daily. Many believe that these criminals deserve one fate: death. Capital punishment‚ the death penalty‚ is the maximum sentence used in punishing people who kill another human being - and is a very controversial method of punishment. In most states‚ a person convicted of first degree murder has the potential
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"Antony and Cleopatra"? These two Shakespearian plays are very similar in setting and plot. There seems to be a similar balance of corresponding characters who are fairly alike in each play‚ for examples Antony and Romeo‚ Cleopatra and Juliet‚ Enobarbus and Mercutio etc‚ although the time and geographical setting is different. In both plays the two main characters experience love and a relationship in terms of passion that is pushed and pulled to all extremities. All the main characters’ attitude to
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Sympathy and fear are created in many ways in the novel ‘The Woman in Black’‚hill does this using many language devices such as first person narrative and pathetic fallacy. There are many examples of sympathy throughout the book for example we feel sympathy for Arthur when he says ’I could not after all retreat to Crythin Gifford’ as it suggest he is trapped in place he does not want to be feeling isolated‚lonely and being held against his will‚ almost as if he is in a nightmare and he can’t wake
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Once he has met Estella‚ the young maiden who drives his childhood fixation‚ his way of life progressively becomes more apparent making his antipathy towards himself and others more apparent than ever. Meeting the young maiden quickly makes him regret being a “simple” blacksmith and regretting that Mr.Joe raised him so. On page (67) when they’re playing cards Pip calls them Jacks instead of knaves much to Estella’s entertainment and distaste‚ ostracizing his lack of knowledge. This leads Pip to
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Analysis of Major CharactersHannah JarvisIn the struggle between emotion and reason in Arcadia‚ Hannah Jarvis acts as the voice of reason. Hannah is the academic‚ feminist researcher who prides herself on thorough and well-thought research and sacrifices human contact for it. Hannah‚ like Thomasina’s description of Queen Elizabeth‚ is able to separate sex from intellectual power and‚ in her case‚ push sex from view. Hannah resists carnal knowledge with effort: she doesn’t like the idea of having
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relationship. One way he achieves this is by creating sympathy for Romeo and Juliet‚ which consequently affects the reader and audience of the play. Three ways in which Shakespeare is able to create sympathy for them is through the general setting and plot structure‚ the language used‚ and also the characterisation of Romeo and Juliet. From the very beginning of the play (in the prologue)‚ Shakespeare begins to create a sense of sympathy for Romeo and Juliet. Here‚ the audience is told that
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Technology has evolved drastically over a short amount of years and has gone from an educational tool to that of a way of life. Services that were previously developed to aid professors and students communicate and learn have become regular in the lives of the majority of society. In this "reality television culture" of today‚ it seems that individuals find more entertainment from another individual’s life than ever before and social networking websites such as online communities offer their users
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moment he would see them‚ he would sigh and psychologically pick them apart. Until one day‚ in walked three young girls wearing bikinis and his bitterness was temporarily put aside. Although immature and ignorant‚ this young man shows a softer side- sympathy. Throughout this short story‚ the reader is able to see the various attitudes and emotions of Sammy‚ who is sick of everyday regular-life‚ and is desperate for change. Sammy is an immature young man‚ who hates his job and thinks he knows how to
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