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    Scissorhands‚ Burton uses non-diegetic sound in order to help establish mood‚ so that viewers can react strongly to a specific scene. He also uses flashbacks in order to give background information about a character‚ so that the viewers can feel sympathy towards Edward. One cinematic technique that Burton uses is non-diegetic sound. He uses this technique very often to help establish the mood of a specific scene. For example‚ when Peg enters the garden of Edward’s castle‚ music of amazement

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    the teens‚ as well as their friends and family‚ involve the audience’s sympathy towards the hardships of this lifestyle. Beginning the documentary‚ each teenager discusses their motives for beginning their journey to bodybuilding. Their stories contain personal information that draws the audience in‚ and soft‚ sad music is played in the background. This strategy is appealing to pathos‚ allowing those watching to feel sympathy with the teens and to create the feeling of familiarity towards the three

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    “The Intouchables”-a film of true humanity The movie‚ “The Intouchables”‚ is based upon a true story‚ and real characters. It’s a story about two unlikely people who end up connected in a way only reality could conjure up. I had seen this movie once in 2012. But after I attended this class‚ I decided to watch it again because there are four elements in the movie that are related to what we are learning: disability‚ ethnicity‚ class‚ and culture differences. After watching

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    “Yet I seek not a fellow feeling in my misery. No sympathy may I ever find. When I first sought it‚ it was the love of virtue‚ the feelings of happiness and affection with which my whole being overflowed‚ that I wished to be participated. But now that virtue has become to me a shadow‚ and that happiness and affection are turned into bitter and loathing despair‚ in what should I seek for sympathy? I am content to suffer alone while my sufferings shall endure; when I die‚ I am well satisfied that abhorrence

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    hand into the live embers‚ but quickly drew it out again with a cry of pain” Way Shelley evokes sympathy for the creature * Pg. 100- “no distinct ideas occupied my mind; all was confused” shows the monster is lost and vulnerable and doesn’t feel like he has a purpose. * Pg. 100- “I felt light‚ and hunger‚ and thirst and darkness” this gives the monster human emotions therefore evokes sympathy as he is isolated and alone. * Pg. 102 “Food however became scarce‚ and I often spent the whole

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    relationship between the poem “Sympathy‚” the memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‚ and the novel Speak. The title of I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings comes from the repeating line in the poem “Sympathy.” In the novel Speak‚ the author made references to I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and the author of the memoir. Among the three works‚ there is a common theme. All three works have the theme of fighting for freedom. The three

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    people‚ undeserving of the reader’s sympathy. At first glance‚ both Willy Loman and Troy Maxson live such unpleasant lives that would seem almost impossible not to feel sympathetic towards them. They’re both middle-aged family men fighting to better themselves and their families. However‚ in the lives of both men‚ pride‚ insatiable wants‚ and jealousy lead to their downfall. After careful examination‚ it becomes clear why they’re undeserving of the reader’s sympathy. In Death of A Salesman‚ we’re

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    Crooks’ importance in "Of Mice and Men" In "Of Mice and Men" Crooks is a black stable back segregated from the rest of the men on the ranch because of the fact that he is black. Crooks’ name suggests that there is something physically wrong with him. His physical disability is one of the many ways that he suffers on the ranch. We see Crooks mostly in chapter four. He is not shown much in the first three paragraphs and this indicates his position in society as very low because he is not noticed‚

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    fortitude. A good Anti-hero will also draw sympathy from the audience/reader‚ as is the case with Hamlet. Throughout the play‚ Hamlet’s overall 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

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    guilt on farmers’ for their ignorance to the harm done on society. Carson characterizes wildlife as innocent to generate sympathy for the many deaths of the animals‚ some of which are unintended‚ to emphasizes the widespread

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