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    could provide the service requirement in their junior year‚ because the students are settled and have more hours and stability in their schedules. Eggers emphasizes that volunteering is by nature transformative‚ even they are forced to serve‚ their sympathy will be shown once they meet those who need their help. In addition‚ there is no reason for colleges to ignore how students may contribute to the world. In “Serve or Fail‚” Dave Eggers dissatisfies the phenomenon that although college students

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    what’s coming to them‚ depending on the magnitude of their blunder. There’s no need to give pity to those who bring pain upon themselves; nobody pities a serial killer‚ yet in Frankenstein‚ the creature‚ which is in essence a serial killer‚ is given sympathy by the viewer and it doesn’t seem logical. In Macbeth‚ the reader gives compassion out to both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth for the grief they give themselves‚ while they kill people and feel terrible upon realizing their own actions. Even though the

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    story is more connected to the previous allusion of Danae’s myth; Dionysus imprisoned both Lycurgus and Danae for opposing him. This evokes sympathy because the two characters (depending on the version of the story that is read) were innocent yet imprisoned anyway. The allusion towards Lycurgus’s imprisonment is similar to Danae’s imprisonment and results in sympathy and pity for

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    the truth‚ the whole truth‚ and nothing but the truth” (239). Despite the oath‚ Mayella lied and convicted an innocent man‚ seduced a married man‚ and she didn’t see anything wrong with what she has done; because she is a Ewell who does not deserve sympathy. During the trial‚ Atticus was defending Tom Robinson while Bob and Mayella Ewell were testifying against Tom. At the start of Mayella’s testimony‚ Mayella was very clear and specific about what happened‚ explaining that Tom had hit her multiple

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    Examples of Dramatic Irony from Act I & II | Characters Involved | Sympathy?Antipathy? | Reason your sympathies lean as they do | Evidence- Lines & Explanation of Effect | Act 1 scene 1 | Hamlet‚ Claudius‚ Marcellus‚ Horatio‚ Barnardo | This is where the ghost is first seen by Horatio‚ Marcellus and Barnardo‚ representing that the King’s spirit is still alive as he is not yet at peace. I feel sympathetic for Hamlet as in the next scene everyone is mourning over the King’s death and Hamlet

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    with Blanch on most views. The great difference between Stanley and Blanche causes Stella to be a middleman: caught in-between the ongoing dispute. This position Stella holds attracts guilt and abuse from Stanley and Blanche. An outsider’s view of sympathy towards Stella is based upon the actions from Blanche and Stanley towards her‚ as a victim of physical and emotional abuse. Blanche Duboise reenters Stella’s life with expectations to be welcomed. She is quickly mistaken upon meeting Stanley.

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    illustrating these occurrences‚ this paper will show how it is through the kindness that Dorothy gives and receives‚ as well as the friendships that result‚ that she is able to find her way home to Kansas. Upon entering the Land of Oz‚ Dorothy receives sympathy from the munchkins and the Witch of the North (Baum 834). They are sympathetic to her sadness upon finding out that instead of returning home to Kansas‚ she may have no choice but to live with the Witch of the North and the other munchkins. This

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    In his Divine Comedy‚ Dante strays from his path and becomes lost in a dark wooded area. The Roman Poet Virgil is sent down to the lost Dante to guide him through the circles of hell and towards his end destination of Paradise. In the first canto The Divine Comedy of Dante’s Inferno the two main characters Dante and Virgil and made apparent. Dante Alighieri develops his character Dante‚ into a man by the end of the comedy. In the beginning Dante is fearful; however his guide Virgil‚ encourages Dante

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    of her‚ eating away at her mind until she is forced to commit suicide. Through Lady Macbeth’s thoughts‚ actions‚ and relationship with Macbeth‚ she proves herself not to be so cruel suggesting that Shakespeare wanted the reader or audience to feel sympathy for Lady Macbeth. Lady Macbeth can be portrayed as ambitious and ruthless from her deeds‚ but her thoughts throughout the play show her humane side and her ability to recognize her morals. After Macbeth commits the murder of King Duncan‚ Lady

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    what he goes through and how people treat him to create sympathy in us for him. He used different techniques such as a first-person narrative‚ juxtaposition‚ irony‚ intertextuality and descriptive language to increase our sympathy towards him and enhance our overall understanding of the book. Haddon tells the story in the first person narrative voice from Christopher’s point of view. This made the book more engaging and increased our sympathy towards Christopher because it was written from the point

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