a seven (7) page research essay on any of the following topics. 1. “Vanity of vanities all is vanity.” This sage observation from King Solomon highlights the pitfalls of materialism and the negative consequences of human ambition. Using “The Necklace” and “How Much Land does a Man Need?” discuss the pitfalls of materialism and covetousness. For each story: (a) Compare and contrast the major characters. Focus on their attitudes‚ outlook on life and the motivation for their actions. (b)
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Compare and Contrast the ways in which two Poets create Sympathy for their Characters – ‘On a Portrait of a Deaf Man’ and ‘The River God’. The poems ‘On a Portrait of a Deaf Man’‚ written by John Betjeman and ‘The River God’‚ written by Stevie Smith appear as two very different poems; one in monologue form and the other in a regular form; but they are in fact two very similar poems. ‘On a Portrait of a Deaf Man’ presents a character mourning the death of a deaf man who was very close to him/her
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himself in church. He makes remarks out loud all the time on the clergyman’s pronunciation.’ – Mrs Higgins. Though is it possible that we‚ as the audience‚ may have a change of heart in our feelings towards this brutish genius? May we feel some sympathy for him? After the evening party that Higgins‚ Eliza and Pickering return to the house in Wimpole Street. Higgins and Pickering converse over how well the evening had gone and also that they were glad that the bet had been won as the lessons were
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Great expectations: Prose study coursework How did Charles Dickens create sympathy for Pip in the opening chapter of great expectation? In this essay I’m going to be writing about a Charles Dickens book called ‘Great Expectations’ and how he successfully makes the reader feel sorry for the main character in the book named Pip; a young orphan‚ alone in a graveyard and how bad his life is or how bad its going to get. Dickens makes the reader feel sorry for Pip because we find out that‚ apart from
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Write about the ways in which Steinbeck presents either Crooks or Curley’s wife. To what extent does he create sympathy for either of these characters? Of Mice and Men is set in 1930’s America in the middle of the economic depression. It is geared towards the pursuit of the American dream‚ promoting the ideas of equality‚ life‚ liberty and happiness. Steinbeck uses Crooks‚ and to some extent Curley’s wife to challenge the perception of equality and sometimes the language used is‚ by modern
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Both of the writers make me feel sympathy for the main characters because the main characters are both still in their youth and they both face the same fate – death. Although the characters are portrayed in very different situations‚ both writers show how powerless they are to avert their fate. By having an accident or tragedy in the pieces‚ the writers make the reader feel compassion because it is not the central characters fault. From saying that the boy was ‘a child at heart’ whilst ‘doing a
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Throughout William Shakespeare’s play‚ The Merchant of Venice‚ there is a strong theme of prejudice. Portia has to deal with prejudice against her sex‚ the Prince of Morocco has to deal with prejudice against his race but the character that is most discriminated against is Shylock. He is hated for being a Jew and a money-lender‚ but Shakespeare has not made Shylock a character easy to sympathise with. He appears to be mean and cruel and it seems as though he loves money above all things. However
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During the scenes depicting the Battle of Actium‚ Shakespeare’s presentation of Octavius Caesar‚ Mark Antony and Cleopatra cause the balance of audience sympathy to change between the three great leaders. Audience sympathy never lies by any real amount with Caesar‚ and in Acts III and IV‚ the audience feels increasingly alienated from him. This is largely due to his calculated‚ ruthless style of leadership‚ which becomes more evident during the battle. Caesar judges wisely‚ and is successful because
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cannot look apon the “sweet haven‚” which refers to the world beyond her “moated grange.” The personification of the “lonely moated grange” and the “sad and strange” sheds give the poem a feeling of melancholia‚ and contribute to the feeling of sympathy the reader feels towards Mariana’s plight. The last four lines of each stanza are used as a chorus‚ and this puts emphasis on the fact that she has lost almost all hope of her lover ever returning‚ shown by the way she says “he cometh not.” In all
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much a conservative president and Roosevelt was a liberal one. One thing that made Hoover a conservative was his unwillingness to deal with the problems of the economy during his time in office. He was attacked by people accusing him of lacking sympathy for those suffering‚ which was caused by his view that local and state governments could take care of their own problems (Doc C). He felt that “the Depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement” (Doc B). If voluntarism
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