My Dear Uncle Scrooge First of all‚ I want to thank everyone for coming out on this cold‚ wintery‚ evening to celebrate my Uncle Scrooge’s change to happiness. Since I was a little boy‚ all I could remember about my Uncle Scrooge was how unpleasant‚ unhappy‚ and how miserable of a human being he was. He never came to family outings and he was always left out on his own accord from fun family times. This past holiday season‚ Scrooge was visited by the ghosts of Christmas past‚ present‚ and
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Although Achilles may exhibit heartless and cruel tendencies like the way 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
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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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How does the author create sympathy for candy in section 3? Language The language in the section varies quite a lot as most of it is written calmly and other is written to make you feel sorry for candy. Here is a quote to support my point. “then he rolled slowly over and faced the wall and lay silently” this is a semantic field as it has the words slowly and silent”. This is a semantic field for calmness. The word “faced” means that he didn’t just turn his head he wanted to face the wall so nobody
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In the poem‚ “Sympathy”‚ the author uses a slightly abbreviated version of the first line at the end of each stanza to show repetition and purpose. For example‚ in the last stanza the author says “I know why the caged bird sings‚ ah me” and ends with “I know why the caged bird sings” to show that the author not only understands why the bird does what he does but also that the author resonates with the bird emotionally (Lines 15‚ 21). In this instance‚ the author is describing the birds cries for
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I feel that through my portfolio I tried to really expand on my argument and really elaborate on each point that I was making while also connecting it back to my main claim. Before the revision I feel as if I provided a lot of claims but didn’t give enough of analysis or evidence to fully support what I was saying‚ but with this portfolio I tried to make everything fit together with plenty of reasoning behind my claims. I hope that you are able to notice that I took advantage of your comments on
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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
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Not very long ago and not very far away‚ Queen Victoria was launching Great Britain into what would later be known as the Victorian era; a time of creativity‚ industrial boom‚ and the romanticizing of the ever-looming presence of death. Yes‚ it seemed that Victorians began an era that seemed to focus on their fascination with death‚ ghosts‚ and other typically gothic themes. Many examples of these elements can be seen through the work of the artists and authors of the time. One such author‚ Charles
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In the story‚ Frankenstein‚ the monster wants someone to care about him and accept him in every way since he feels rejected towards the human. For instance‚ the monster tells Victor‚ “You must create a female for me whom I can live with in the interchange of those sympathies necessary for my being” (104). The monster appearance may be difficult to look at but he developes the same patterns as the human such as sense of smell‚ touch‚ sight‚ taste‚ and hearing. The monster looks just like the humans
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to preface this by saying I am in no way looking for your sympathy‚ I am writing this to educate you. To show you what it’s like because it’s not something that is talked about and it’s something close to my heart. I have been lucky in the fact that I have a few people in my life who have gone through similar situations to tell me what is normal and what is not. As a lot of you already know this time of year is difficult for me. What most of you won’t aleady know is that this year is even more
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