Kreon are locked in an argument over the burial of her brother‚ Polyneices‚ with Antigone going against the law set up by Kreon and burying her brother. Both have their views and reasons for the way they act. Despite this‚ Antigone deserves more sympathy for her actions. She bases her actions on honor and dignity‚ while Kreon appears to play the role of an overbearing and cruel leader. Antigone is by no means a flawless character. She’s often rash and overdramatic. She is essentially what prompts
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is the Justice? Martin Luther King Jr.’s letter "Letter from Birmingham Jail" strikes a cord with the audience because of his expert use of pathos throughout the piece. King invokes many different emotions when he uses pathos. He invokes anger‚ sympathy‚ empathy‚ and love to emphasize his thesis that injustice has seized the civil rights movement and therefore‚ he is in Birmingham City Jail. King says‚ "I am in Birmingham because injustice is here." Throughout King’s letter he often compares himself
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her far more justice‚ and gives us a sympathetic enough portrayal that it is even possible to have more sympathy with Clytemnestra than Agamemnon‚ whatever Aeschylus intended. Aeschylus‚ even though he probably did not sympathize with her as much as any modern audience would‚ still does her far more justice‚ and gives us a sympathetic enough portrayal that it is even possible to have more sympathy with Clytemnestra than Agamemnon. In an early part of the play‚ it is Clytemnestra who sympathizes with
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Sympathy. A complex and multi-faceted emotion encompassing the perception‚ understanding‚ and reaction to the distress or need of another being. In the case of humans‚ Sympathy requires three key factors: attention to a subject‚ the belief that a person or group is in a state of need‚ and social and/or geographic proximity. In To Kill A Mockingbird‚ by Harper Lee‚ one such character meets all three criteria: Mayella Ewell. She commands the reader’s attention via her prominent role in a controversial
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public amusement park ... and see her tears welled up when she is told that Funtown is closed to colored children..” This is a good example of how MLK uses emotional appeal especially because he uses a child as his approach since it is easier to feel sympathy toward a child. He does this to make the reader feel the pain and disappointment colored people and especially children go through. Emotional appeal is always a strong way to get the author’s point through. Which is why MLK used it. “Our hopes
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This essay explores the various instances where "family" determines the characters actions and unltimatly directs the plot of the story. This is a very consice but specific essay‚ as we were limited to 500 words. Shiva Mohan Influence of "family" in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Family in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein demonstrates a myriad of roles‚ influencing Victor Frankenstein and his creation. Victor’s childhood establishes a connection between the reader and Victor‚ building his character. The
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prevented from moving on until ‘the foul crimes done in my days of nature/Are burnt and purged away’ which is the definition of Purgatory. This would evoke a certain amount of sympathy both in Hamlet and in the Elizabethan audience‚ to whom the idea of purgatory would have seemed a fate almost more terrible than Hell. Evoking sympathy is an important part in manipulation and the Ghost covers in within his first few
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They obviously feel sympathy towards their child as well as worried at the fact that their child could possibly die. The emotion invoked in the parent of a child cannot be felt by a doctor that is not emotionally connected to that child. This is why the doctor could never
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are objectified as ‘old summer dung’‚ it shows that Heaney has stopped thinking of them as ‘soft’ kittens but simply as nothing more than a pest. This helps highlight the changing attitudes of the poet as it was clear that before he showed great sympathy towards these animals and now he thinks of them as ‘dung’. This also shows that Heaney has matured from being a
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Is there ethics in business world? Neal Stoughton‚ a prominent finance professor‚ claims that there is no ethics in business world and it is not necessary at all to learn ethics in business school. We may find some theories or practices in support of this idea. For example‚ Adam Smith conceived the concept of "invisible hand" which describe individuals maximize their own interest in a free market can bring benefits to the whole society. I think Professor Stoughton’s assertion is partially correct
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