Journey’s End igcse English Do you have any sympathy at all for Hibbert? Give evidence for your opinion It could be argued that the realistic way the horrors of life in a First World War trench are depicted in "Journey’s End" leads us to feel sympathy for all the soldiers‚ including Hibbert‚ an officer in the company led by Stanhope. We see how soldiers had to deal with physical hardships like rationed food‚ rats‚ extreme discomfort and the emotional traumas of terror and almost inevitable
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Brown W-3 1/26/11 Inferno Literary Analysis If given the opportunity to view Hell and its inhabitants‚ would you feel sympathy towards those you have known while they were alive‚ or would you feel as though they deserve the punishment they have been given? One such man who wrote a book about such an encounter is Dante Alighieri. Dante opened up The Inferno with a tone of sympathy and grief; however‚ his attitude toward the souls he encountered became increasingly opposite to that‚ as if he felt
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factor in characterising and shaping relationships between black and white people. This fear is heightened through the use of violence and abuse of power which creates mistrust and suspicion. This mistrust is so strong that even the slightest show of sympathy for the opposite party‚ or nemesis‚ is treated with cynicism and contempt. This‚ therefore‚ affects how individual characters relate to each other‚ as that characters are very different from each other in terms of race‚ socio-economic status‚ e.t
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In her letter to her father-in-law‚ Eliza Stacey expresses her need and very subtly persuades him into helping her financially‚ as he had done before. In her time of need‚ Eliza uses ethos‚ pathos‚ and anecdotes to acquire the sympathy of her father-in-law. Eliza’s relationship to Edward Stacey and his son is used to establish a sort of credibility in just the first line. Addressing him by “My dear Father-in-law” rather than by name is a clever and subtle use of ethos on Eliza’s part because establishing
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Darren Jacob Mrs. Jones English 1B October 31‚ 2013 The Complex Commander Offred says to herself‚ “What do you mean? The Commander‚ it must be. See me? What does he mean by see? Hasn’t he had enough of me?”(99). In Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale‚ The Commander is a man who expresses several sides of his character and personality. Throughout the book the Commander shows character traits of someone who is emotional and sympathetic. In their society‚ the Republic of Gilead‚ the Commander
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much affection towards him‚ as his actions prove to be troublesome and unruly. However‚ as the memoir progresses‚ Jacks struggle reveal the reasons for his actions which sequentially shape his character‚ providing the readers with understanding and sympathy towards his inexorable situation. The fraudulent lies and deceitful ways of Jack can be frustrating upon the reader; though we come to realise that he does this in order to be accepted by the people around him. Jack also engages in fights and unfaithfully
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pity and sympathy because of the unavoidable mental problems caused in her early life and also the sequence of misunderstandings and the cultural distance between her and Rochester that resulted in Antoinette’s lacking
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In Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice‚ there are quite a few cases in which the non-Christian characters are marginalized and victimized of Christian prejudice and absolute racism. The Christian prejudice and racial discrimination transpires through the use of language and terms of reference. In sixteenth-century Europe‚ Jews were a despised and persecuted minority. England‚ in fact‚ went beyond mere persecution and harassment by banning Jews from the country altogether. In theory at least‚ there
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character is that of such pure evil that it is difficult for the audience to sympathize for her on a personal level. Her crimes were considered so brutal that it would be difficult for anyone to ever forgive her. Next‚ Lady Macbeth rarely shows any sympathy towards anyone. To obtain the title of kingship and queen ship for Macbeth and herself‚ Lady Macbeth is
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the victim or the perpetrator. Whether he is characterized as a feeble man who loses everything or just a sinister old loon. I am ambivalent. I believe that Shylock is all of these things. I think‚ in one sense‚ he is able to evoke the audience’s sympathy through a variety of instances yet he causes us to loathe him through his brutal need for revenge and therefore his character. Shylock loathed Antonio‚ and for good reason‚ how can one be expected to like another when they are constantly dragged
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