controlling of the women in their lives and crave power over them – in both cases‚ the woman behaving in a way the man does not approve of is the reason for their demise. The characterisation of these men as monsters is further justified by their lack of remorse for their acts; the man in ’Porphyria’s Lover’ argues that it was for her own good‚ and the man in ’My Last Duchess’ is proudly recounting his actions to an envoy‚ showing he does not regret what he has done. The only possible redeeming feature of
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When two people are in the same situation one would assume that their reactions would be similar in nature. However‚ each person has his or her own unique personality traits and emotions‚ which are reflected in their response to the event. One can see the distinct personality of each character in his/her response. This is clearly illustrated through Duncan’s murder in Shakespeare’s play‚ Macbeth. In Act II‚ scene ii‚ both Lady Macbeth and Macbeth initially seem to respond in a similar manner‚ however
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the cat rejects him out of fear. However‚ he quickly resolves this problem by killing the cat. Throughout the story he seems to be having an 2 inner conflict as well. He realizes how horrible and atrocious his sins are but is unable to feel remorse. While he seems to be an intelligent and virtuous man‚ he cannot seem to control his violent fits of drunken rage. He also deals with conflict on a more spiritual level. The cat that he has killed is haunting him. He tries to shrug it off as
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intentions are mostly good‚ such as avenging his father by killing Claudius. However‚ his negative‚ anti-heroic side also shows up constantly. He is ill mannered at times‚ and also acts violently on several occasions without showing any signs of remorse. Like any good Anti-hero‚ Hamlet has the reader/audience show sympathy for him. We sympathize because of his fathers death‚ along with burden and complications of avenging his fathers murder. The point in the play in which the most sympathy is
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is his guilt‚ off of his hands. Macbeth utters this quote out of sheer remorse for murdering Duncan because he believes that he was a good king and did not deserve to die. In addition‚ Macbeth feels like the dried blood stained on his hands is similar to the guilt fallen on him by Duncan’s murder‚ it is very difficult to get rid of‚ and will leave its mark if he tries to find someone to talk about it with to relieve his remorse. He must bottle up his guilt and only speak of it with Lady Macbeth who
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At the beginning of the scene Juliet is excited for seeing Romeo that night. She is waiting impatiently‚ wishing that the sun would set already. When the nurse arrives with the rope ladder Romeo made‚ Juliet’s mood changes drastically. The nurse exclaims‚ "he is killed‚ he is killed". Juliet thought that she was talking about Romeo and became depressed. She talked about how much he meant to her and that there is no point to her life without Romeo. The nurse then explains that it was Tybalt
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make her feel nothing when killing someone she says “ make my blood thick;/Stop up th’ access and passage to remorse. In this scene we see how thin blood is considered whole and Lady Macbeth wants to poison her blood‚ to poison her soul‚ to make her blood thick to be able to kill without remorse. This shows how Lady Macbeth has “died” and brought to life a new Lady Macbeth that has no remorse or consideration for
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In Mary Shelley’s novel‚ Frankenstein‚ although the creature is physically grotesque‚ Victor’s actions and emotions are monstrous. Both Victor and the creature become isolated from society. However Victor’s isolation is caused by his own greed for knowledge‚ whereas the creature has no choice‚ as he is rejected from society. Victor’s inhumane nature is evident when he refuses to comply with his son’s request for a mate. Even though both Victor and the creature commit horrible crimes‚ only the creature
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Ender has taken on the role of Peter’s foretold destiny‚ Card does not show Ender as that of a mass murderer for he did not commit Genocide with no remorse to follow. He was unaware of the Genocide at the time he was committing it‚ for if he did‚ he would not have been able to go through with it. “Of course we tricked you into it. That’s the whole point..It had to be a trick or you couldn’t have done
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person with an antisocial personality‚ usually a criminal who lacks a sense of moral responsibility. In the comic book‚ television show and movies; the character the Joker is the king of Sociopaths. He again and again commits crimes with no hint of remorse. The Joker has much charm. He charmed his way into convincing a psychiatric counselor into letting him out of his holding cell. He convinced her that they were meant for each other. This same psychiatric counselor would end up being his infamous
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