Mathilde Loisel is not a sympathetic character in “The Necklace” because of her materialistic and selfish motives. She is not just poor financially but also in character. She is always dissatisfied with her life. Nice clothes‚ expensive jewelry‚ a beautiful house‚ more furniture and rich friends are the only things she loves in her life. Moreover‚ she is not a sympathetic character because she disrespects her loving husband. In spite of having a kind‚ generous‚ loyal and hard working husband she
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The Sympathetic Character We all make mistakes in our lives and we all deserve a second chance‚ but sometimes our past comes back to hurt to us. The short story “Babylon Revisited” is by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Charlie is the main protagonist who is a rich alcoholic partygoer‚ until he loses all of his money in the stock market crash and loses important people in his life. Charlie is back in Paris to get back an important person he lost. Charlie Wales is a sympathetic character which is made
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Grendel as a sympathetic character in Grendel Can you imagine being born and automatically being considered evil? This is what happens to Grendel. Throughout the book everyone’s feelings towards Grendel is that of a bad person or creature. In Grendel my sympathy for Grendel fluctuates. Grendel starts out as a sympathetic character because he is an innocent curious child with a mother who doesn’t talk‚ and lives in a cave. As the story moves on Grendel is misunderstood then starts to make decisions
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Present Caliban As A Sympathetic Character To You? In the play "The Tempest"‚ Shakespeare introduces us to several different characters‚ each identified individually with their contrasting attitudes‚ nature and prior circumstances that have brought them to a deserted isle in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea. Shakespeare creates characters that exemplify the relationship between human nature and contemporary civilization and the distinction between men and monsters. The character of Caliban is known
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King Lear -- Sympathetic Characters A sympathetic character‚ is a character that the writer expects the reader (in this case watcher) to identify with and care about. In Shakespeare’s play King Lear‚ the characters Gloucester and King Lear both start out not being liked by the reader because they come off as mean and cold. By the end of the play‚ the reader does sympathize for both of these characters because of how they have been betrayed by their children. Both King Lear and Gloucester
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antagonist Iago. When reading further‚ the heroic Othello appears. He seems to be a sympathetic and strong willed man incapable of being manipulated; however‚ as the story progresses‚ Iago tricks him into believing that his lieutenant and his wife are having an affair. Othello’s entire nature is flipped within minutes when Iago convinces him of Desdemona’s infidelity. Othello’s character should be viewed as sympathetic even though he was easily duped by Iago and so violently cruel to Desdemona. Foremost
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relentlessly vengeful‚ Heathcliff is perhaps the most memorable and compelling character of Emily Bronte’s novel Wuthering Heights‚ a story of love‚ loss‚ and revenge. His fire‚ his passion for vengeance‚ and his cruelty towards others all grow out of his past experiences. However wickedly unforgiving he may seem‚ throughout the plot‚ Heathcliff gains several justifications for his vengeful actions‚ making him a sympathetic character to the reader. Arguably‚ Heathcliff is not controlling‚ violent‚ and abusive
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poor decisions and do things that we later regret in life. When we make bad decisions‚ people around us tend to forget to listen to our side of the story. Achilles‚ a warrior from The Iliad‚ can relate to this. Achilles emerges as a sympathetic character in The Iliad because people took from him‚ and because he showed mercy to people who did not fully deserve it. As the king of the Myrmidons‚ people would view Achilles as one who has almost everything he wants - which would be false
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Throughout the play Hamlet is seen as a fairly sympathetic character. After all‚ the play starts with us learning that no one seems to understand his grievances even though his father has recently passed. He seems to have been put in an awful situation by his uncle‚ and even his father’s ghost. It seems understandable that a sensitive boy like him would have trouble doing something so dark as murder. But as the play advances our sympathy for Hamlet dwindles until it is non-existent. Once we
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also someone who does have some feelings in his heart. He doesn’t want to show his caring feelings towards anyone for fear to lose his masculinity. Despite how Troy treats all of the people he cares about‚ he shows how he is both a sympathetic and non-sympathetic character. He does this by showing what is really in his heart and how he really feels in small ways. Troy has his views on what he believes. When he believes something and he has his mind set on it‚ no one can normally tell him any different
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