As Oscar Wilde says‚ “If there was less sympathy in the world‚ there will be less trouble in the world.” It is important that people have sympathy‚ or else there wouldn’t be charities and organizations to help the needy set up. However‚ with more sympathy‚ people tend to ignore what is right and what is wrong. With sympathy‚ people will let their emotions take control of them totally and forget to use their brain to determine what is logical. Curley’s wife in Of Mice and Men by John Steinback is
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name ‘Curley’s Wife ‘suggest that she was Curley’s possession and did not have freedom to life. Curley’s wife death makes me feel sympathy for her because she is described as ‘’simple‚ pretty‚ sweet and young’’. This reminds the reader that she still had many years to live‚ and all of the pain she has been through for a short amount of time. However‚ I don’t feel sympathy for her when Steinbeck says that ‘’her reddened lips made her seem alive’’‚ which reminds the reader that she lived most of her
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Initially‚ Michael Frayn portrays Mrs Hayward as someone with the perfect life‚ from Stephen’s perspective‚ someone who does not appear to warrant sympathy. She is always “unhurried and composed”‚ and has a “rest” in the afternoon‚ reflecting the idea her life is tranquil and stress-free. Stephen feels a sense of admiration towards the Haywards and describes them as “impeccable”‚ a contrast to his own “unsatisfactory family”; He continually feels inferior to them‚ portraying the idea they are superior
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Frankenstein: Who Should Be Judged and Who Should Receive Sympathy? In 1818‚ Mary Shelley published her first novel‚ Frankenstein. We have all heard of the tales of Victor Frankenstein. He was man who crossed a line between playing scientist and God. He created a living being out of various body parts of human corpuses. Even though his creation was already breathing‚ he realized the error in his ways. Instead of terminating the living being‚ he cast the monster out into the harsh world. Some audiences
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loss of friends. The writer conveys these problems through various techniques such as imagery‚ use of language‚ key incidents‚ and mode of narration‚ to give a more visual understanding of her circumstances resulting I the reader feeling sympathy for Mary. Sympathy for Mary is almost immediately felt from the opening paragraph. In the first paragraph the reader is informed of Mary being dyslexic. This opening gives the reader a better understanding of the impact her dyslexia is having on her. “Ah
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What Is Apathy? The concept of apathy goes back to the Hellenistic Period. After the conquests by Alexander the Great‚ the Hellenistic World had started to grow. “The Hellenistic Age marks the transformation of Greek society from the localized and introverted city-states to an open‚ cosmopolitan‚ and at times exuberant culture that permeated the entire eastern Mediterranean‚ and Southwest Asia‚” (“History of Greece: Hellenistic”). Greek was the most influential of all the countries within the Hellenistic
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the displacement of the tree that is stuck in the municipal urban environment. She uses sensory language to describe the “hard bitumen” that the roots of the tree are stuck in. When she refers to the roots as “feet” that demonstrates empathy and sympathy for the tree‚ she views it as a living‚ feeling being. Non-human elements of the natural environment are often portrayed with a sense of intelligence and worth. In nesting time‚ the proper noun use for the word “Nature”‚ emphasizes the composers
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Why do you feel sympathy for Lennie? In the novel‚ Of Mice and Men‚ Lennie can be portrayed as a sympathetic character. Throughout the play‚ Steinbeck uses the repetition of the same characteristics to make Lennie a rather flat‚ simple and childlike character. Steinbeck uses different features such as his physical strength‚ his naïve behavior and also his optimistic view of things. Lennie has physical strength but has no control and understanding over it. When he tries to pet soft things he ends
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The Boston Massacre The colonists opposed to British policies used the event of March 5‚ 1770‚ to their greatest extent to gain public sympathy. Their extent of usage was so great to the point where it was distorted and one-sided. All things considered‚ they achieved their goal to gain well-needed sympathy by effectively using the incident as propaganda. This overblown but highly efficient strategy is well evidenced in writings and paintings. Paul Revere’s engraving of the Boston Massacre in
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and sacrifice. Elements of mise-en-scène‚ particularly lighting‚ acting‚ costume‚ make-up‚ and staging‚ reveal the tensions between Rick and Ilsa‚ generate different sympathies for each of the characters‚ and implicitly exacerbate the pervading Nazi threat. On a broader scale‚ the stylistic elements cultivate ideological sympathy for the Allied cause and anxiety towards war. One key formal element of the scene is the lighting which allows the audience to see Ilsa as her lovers do. Ilsa‚ played
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