Accordingly‚ I agree with what Heffernan said that the elimination of the monster’s ability to speak is providing the opportunity for people to have sympathy toward the monster. The first person that the monster had killed in the novel in William Frankenstein‚ who is one of the brother of Victor Frankenstein. He wants to kill William because he wants to take a revenge on Victor. However‚ the first person that the monster killed in Whale’s film is Henry Frankenstein’s servant—Fritz. Fritz tied the
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disapproval for the revolution’s more brutal side would tarnish his reputation among progressives‚ he slyly managed to disguise the disapproval he wanted to audience to feel in sympathy for characters and remains an avid supporter of the people’s right to revolt against tyrannical
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After reading the end of Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart‚ I had sympathy for the main character of the story; Okonkwo‚ who represents the vulnerability of a tribe by the coming of the Europeans and their Christianity rules‚ and the abuse of power and violence that the officials in the jail used to dehumanize the leaders of Umofia in the last chapters on the novel. An unexpected ending of the novel took me by surprise‚ I believe Okonkwo is a victim from his own destiny and the circumstances
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character to feel sympathy for or to be despised? In the play “Death of a Salesman” written by Arthur Miller‚ Miller shows Happy as a young‚ handsome‚ successful man who is working in some company as an assistant manager when in reality he is just an assistant of an assistant manager‚ Happy himself is trying to make himself appeal more than he is. Throughout the whole play we can see that Happy as a flat character but sometimes we can see that Miller actually makes feel sympathy for him. One of
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question 3. Use details from the text to support their argument 4. Show that they understand the context and the values of Shakespeare’s time and can compare them with the time in which the play is being read/viewed Question: ‘I have no sympathy for Macbeth. He is a despicable human being who deserves what he gets.’ Do you agree with this assessment of the character Macbeth? Support your argument with close reference to the context‚ structure and language of the play. Shakespeare’s
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are lured onto an island and mysteriously murdered. Of the characters in the book‚ some can be considered purely evil. This is seen through their lack of empathy and sympathy‚ even after doing awful things. Firstly‚ lack of sympathy is often tied to psychopaths or sociopaths‚ which is a common trait in people that are evil. Sympathy is the act of feeling pity for someone or something. Vera Claythorne‚ the new secretary of “U.N. Owen”‚ has a pretty bad past as she had murdered a child for the chance
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from Christian and Jewish theology; he is known to represent evil and wickedness. The song “Devil’s Dance”‚ written by James Alan Hetfield and Lars Ulrich‚ performed by Metallica‚ presents an ideal version of the devil. On the other hand‚ the song “Sympathy for the Devil” written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards‚ performed by The Rolling Stones‚ introduces its own devil‚ distinct from the norm. Although‚ both songs establish the same point of view‚ they differ in tone and in theme. Apart from having
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Richard Wright introduces Bigger Thomas‚ a liar and a thief. Wright evokes sympathy for this man despite the fact that he commits two murders. Through the reactions of others to his actions and through his own reactions to what he has done‚ the author creates compassion in the reader towards Bigger to help convey the desperate state of Black Americans in the 1930’s. The simplest method Wright uses to produce sympathy is the portrayal of the hatred and intolerance shown toward Thomas as a black
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Sympathy is everywhere. Whether it’s in movies or seeing someone go through something‚ you feel it. For example‚ in The Lion King when Simba’s dad dies‚ the audience feels sympathy. Even books with made-up characters makes the reader feel sympathy. In Of Mice and Men‚ a lot of characters have their own struggles‚ and some deserve more sympathy than others. Although Curley’s wife and George deserve the reader’s sympathy‚ Lennie is the most sympathetic character in the novel because he has a mental
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Catherine and Heathcliff in wuthering heights in chapter seven of the novel have a rough start during the return of Catherine. During this return‚ many emotions come in play to both‚ Heathcliff and Catherine. Anger‚ disappointment‚ and confusion came to the scene as part of the negative phases in this passage. On the other hand‚ happiness‚ eagerness‚ and content are part of the positive phase. Now this situation was a misunderstanding between two minds‚ in which one has a negative state of denial
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