Sympathy is a universal emotion that we‚ as human all tend to felt toward people have an unfortunate‚ a harsher‚ more oppressed life than us. In Ernest Hemmingway’s ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ 1952 novella‚ an old Cuban fisherman named Santiago‚ our protagonist has strongly elicited our sympathy toward him due to the harsh‚ lonely‚ poor and full-of-suffering life that he had have to experience‚ especially when he loosed the greatest catch of his life: the marlin. Despite that there are counter arguments
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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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We agree that Shylock is more a villain than a victim. Shylock is a villain because he has evil intentions towards Antonio. In an aside‚ shylock displayed his hatred for Antonio when he said “If I catch him once upon the hip‚ I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.” This means that shylock’s hatred for Antonio has reached such a point that he desires to harm Antonio in some way. The phrase “feed fat” suggests that if he can find some way to get the upper hand of Antonio‚ He will use it to
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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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jobs‚ kids‚ and just life in general. Smells of Christmas cookies and a roasting turkey were lingering in the air‚ and I was itching with anticipation of the gift exchange that was about to take place. Finally‚ my grandma announced that it was time to do the gift exchange‚ and all of my cousins‚ aunts‚ uncles‚ and people that I frankly had never met before but was told I was related to came rushing around the Christmas tree. Lit up with beautiful lights‚ bows‚ and ornaments‚ the tree was surrounded
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interpretation of Shylock oscillates throughout the play. We must also recognize that Shylock has most likely become a villain as a result of being unfairly victimized for having Jewish heritage. During the sixteenth century‚ when the play was written‚ mistreatment towards Jews was common; especially in Venice as it was an anti-sematic city. Jewish people were stereotyped as greedy‚ deceitful individuals who were seen as outcasts in society. The Christian community therefore mistreated Shylock‚ for being
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How to determine your audience Audience analysis is crucial to understanding how communication needs to be approached. Communication is dynamic process of understanding and sharing meaning. For it to be dynamic and shared and understood‚ communication should be tailored based on the audience social‚ economics‚ demographic traits. Success of your communication depends on the understanding of your audience and what their needs and interest are. “To be an effective writer‚ you must use language
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What Role Do Audience Play Rosa Rivarola Rasmussen College Author notes The essay is being presented on March 3rd. 2013 to Marek McKenna for G380/AMH3304 Section 01 Visions of America Since 1945 What role do audiences play in creating popular culture? Explain how Hollywood both manipulated and reflected the popular culture of the 1950’s and 60’s. The role of the audience is to infuse the fire in the popular culture movement. It appears that Hollywood was caught between the wall and
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Empathy and Sympathy Empathy is the ability to re-create another person’s perspective‚ or trying to get a sense of that person with that problem and with those emotions. While empathy and sympathy are two closely related concepts‚ I believe that the slight difference between them can be found in the idea of “identification”. For‚ while sympathy says‚ “I understand how you feel and show compassion towards you‚” empathy goes a step further and says‚ “I feel what you feel”. A simple way to remember
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Shylock: Victim or Villain? In the Merchant of Venice play written by William Shakespeare the character Shylock is highly debated as victim or villain. Throughout the play Shylock is mistreated by everyone. Shylock is physically‚ emotionally and mentally abused. By the end of the play Shylock has lost everything he owns‚ including his daughter Jessica. Thus Shylock is in fact a victim during the play. Unfortunately during the play the reader reads about Shylock being mistreated by everyone around
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