To put it very simply - Sympathy is when you see a person depressed. You say you understand their situation. You agree with their emotion that they are going through. You might even go a step further to say that you would have also reacted in the same way had you been a part of
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Abigail Adams‚ in this letter to her son‚ uses a loving and motherly tone to appeal to him. She also uses ethos in an attempt to convince her son that he should get the most out of his experience going to France. The two rhetorical devices that Abigail Adams uses makes for a well-written letter. The tone used in this letter is very loving and motherly. For example‚ Abigail uses the phrase "my son" many times in this letter. This is effectively pointing out that Abigail genuinely cares
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The poems Sympathy and We Wear the Mask are very similar to one another‚ they both express the pain and sorrow that the author is trying to hide. Paul Laurence Dunbar was one of the first African-American poets to be truly noticed; his parents were once slaves but escaped. Most of Paul Dunbar’s poems are known to be based off his parent’s experiences on plantations and other locations as slaves. We Wear the Mask is about how slavery can break you emotionally and physically‚ therefore the slaves are
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through out the play. Shakespeare consciously builds sympathy among the audience right from the point when the character is first introduced by portraying him as a ‘vexed’‚ helpless soul ‘with himself at war’ torn between patriotism and friendship‚ giving the audience an opportunity to relate to such a “head versus heart” conflict and not only sympathize but empathize with the character. Then again in act 2‚ Shakespeare regenerates the sympathy by means of Brutus’ soliloquy‚ outlining his sleepless
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William McKinley Born on January 29‚ 1843‚ William McKinley would later in life grow up to be a very important factor and figure in America’s History. He was born in Niles‚ Ohio and grew up in Poland‚ Ohio where him and his family made their life. He was the seventh of eight kids living life like most young boys. He was raised by his father and mother‚ who instilled in him strong work ethics‚ respect‚ honesty‚ and courtesy and taught him to value prayer. One thing that McKinley valued highly
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What is the most important thing in your life? Some people think love is most important‚ but not the most important. However‚ there are two people‚ Nora Helmer the protagonist of the play‚ “A Doll House” and Jay Gatsby the protagonist of the novel‚ “The Great Gatsby” both think love is the most important thing in their lives. Even though they have had similar experience about love‚ Nora is more sympathetic because she is brave‚ kind‚ and innocent. Gatsby is less sympathetic than Nora. To
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Pride and Prejudice Analysis of Chapter 34: Austen presents Lizzie and Darcy’s relationship in chapter 34 as a complicated‚ and rather difficult. She expresses the pair as being in antithesis to one another. Elizabeth is surprised when Darcy declares his love for her and proposes. But while expressing his love he notifies her of the huge space between their social position‚ remarking that Elizabeth could hardly expect him to "rejoice" in her "inferior connections“ after showing raw emotion‚ as
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A man who beats others to make them see their mistakes‚ is he a man? Does he deserve sympathy? If “his whole life was dominated by fear‚ fear of failure and of weakness”‚ does he deserve sympathy? In this case it is okonkwo‚ the main character of Things fall apart. I see his point of view and I for one sympathise him. He is a good man person but his methods of correcting others is rather extreme. I will explain by using two of his children. First‚ Ezinma the daughter of his second wife. “ Sit like
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Crucible Literary Essay How far is Abigail to blame for the events in Salem? Abigail is one of the main characters in Arthur Miller’s ‘The Crucible’‚ and is often depicted as the villain of the play. Some of her actions lead to the witch trials and the hysteria in Salem. This essay will analyse to what extent the character of Abigail is to blame for the events that occur in Salem‚ and therefore if the opinion that many people have on her is correct. On the one hand Abigail can be seen as she who starts
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Chart Outlining Incidents of Dramatic Irony Example of Dramatic Irony from Acts I & II|CharactersInvolved|Sympathy? Antipathy?|Reason your sympathies lean as they do|Evidence – Lines and Explanation of Effect| Everyone in Denmark thinks King Hamlet died by a snake bite ‚but the audience knows HamletIs aware of his father’s real cause of death.|Hamlet|I feel sympathy|He found out the murderer of his father and he must have felt sad and mad.|Prince Hamlet saw the ghost of his father‚ the old king
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