very direct and describes his feelings from the beginning which is "I know what the caged bird feels‚ alas"‚ the word alas is an expression of the grief and sadness the poet is going through. "When the sun is bright on the upland slopes‚ when the wind stirs soft through the springing grass" here the poet uses alliteration twice using the letters w and s. "And the river flows like a stream of glass" the poet uses a figure of speech which is a simile to compare the river with glass‚ the purpose of
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Do we have any sympathy for Macbeth at the end of the play? Our first impressions of Macbeth are that he is a hero‚ he is brave and fearless‚ and although we get this impression we also get the feeling that he is ruthless. We get this impression from the way he is referred to when his name is first mentioned. Macbeth has just been in battle against "The merciless Macdonwald" and a Captain is talking about how Macbeth and his fellow Captain‚ Banquo‚ performed in battle. While Macbeth is in battle
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How does Shakespeare retain a degree of sympathy for Macbeth through to the end of the play? In order for this play to be a tragedy‚ we must feel some sympathy for the protagonist through to the end of the play – that is one of the features of the genre. So‚ how does Shakespeare retain a degree of sympathy for the “hell-hound” who murders Duncan (his King‚ kinsman and guest)‚ orders the assassination of his best friend Banquo‚ and has Macduff’s entire family savagely put to the sword? While the
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Garnering Sympathy for Criminal Characters Today‚ most individuals are used to the modern Ratings system and enjoy very little censorship in movies. However‚ it did not always used to be this way. Starting in the 1930’s‚ movies were required to follow a strict set of rules and morals called the Motion Picture Production Code. When the Production Code was abandoned in the 1970’s‚ directors gained more freedom than ever when making movies ("Hollywood Censored: The Production Code."). One film that
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Morality and Judgements: the portrayal of Sympathy in Frankenstein. Frankenstein‚ written by Mary Shelley and first published in 1818‚ follows the set of extraordinary events encompassing the life of Victor Frankenstein; natural philosophy devotee and reanimation pioneer. Characterization plays a major role in encouraging different attitudes in Frankenstein‚ an example being how the reader is encouraged to feel sympathy for Frankenstein and his creation throughout the novel. Aided by the differing
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he killed Hector showing virtually no feelings‚ he is ultimately a sympathetic character as he feels taken advantage of‚ shows remorse‚ and exemplifies compassion. Achilles emerges as a sympathetic character because he feels taken advantage of and denied of what he feels is his. As a soldier Achilles is forced to do all the fighting while Agamemnon reaps the glory. This leads to resentment between the two characters. Achilles shows his disgust with Agamemnon by saying‚ “I tell you this‚ and so
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meaning. When my grandpa passed away‚ I received sympathy in various forms. From getting sympathy cards and hugs from family and friends to words of encouragement and support during a tough time‚ people demonstrated the meaning of sympathy in a plethora of different ways. Sympathy is defined by dictionary.com as “the fact or power of sharing the feelings of another‚ especially in sorrow or trouble; fellow feeling‚ compassion‚ or commiseration”. Sympathy is not just a feeling; it is the power of sharing
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In the eighteenth century novel Frankenstein‚ by Mary Shelley‚ the protagonist creates a creature commonly known as Frankenstein. From a young age when his mother past away‚ the main character‚ Victor Frankenstein had a passion to create life. With this passion‚ Victor set out for the University of Geneva in Switzerland. Here Victor acquired the knowledge allowing him to execute his plan. Victor was interested in bringing the dead back to life‚ thus leading to his downfall. After many tries he finally
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Grendel – Sympathy When Beowulf is retold from Grendel’s point of view many different assumptions can be made when evaluating and comparing Grendel to Beowulf. The sympathy‚ which Grendel withholds‚ represents his innocence and how he isn’t just a “monster.” Due to this reason‚ readers feel very sympathetic towards Grendel compared to Beowulf due to the fact that he is incoherent to the many actions humans perform. Readers who have read Beowulf notice the different in Grendel’s character from
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The boy that I felt the most sympathy for in The History Boys would have to be Posner. The portrayal of his character compared to that of the other boys is entirely different. Throughout the play‚ Posner is shown to be an outsider; "too young" to understand most things‚ and even to be included in Hector’s inappropriate behaviour. It is evident from the start that Posner has feelings towards Dakin‚ however Dakin’s behaviour towards Posner is far from romantic‚ hence we can sense that he doesn’t return
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