highlights the young young mens physical state of being. Bent double resembles that of an elderly person. This is ironic as young men are suppose to be physically strong. The use of simile "like old beggars under sacks" urges the audience to evoke sympathy and empathy toward the soldiers. Owen uses alliteration and hyperbole in one line to show the soldiers exhaustion. "Men marched asleep" creates an image in readers eyes of a zombie like being as well as highlighting the fact that these men are so
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The ‘Imagawa Letter’ is a very insightful source that allows you to see what life was like while Imagawa Ryoshun was the Tendai [Constable] for what we today call Shizuoka Prefecture. The source is written in a format as if someone was reading this letter to Imagawa from a very unhappy citizen. This source complicates our understanding of the power and control‚ by challenging what many of us believe or assume about how society was run by rulers in the 14th century. Many assume that their leader
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In writing A View from the Bridge’‚ Arthur Miller wanted to create a modern Greek tragedy. An Ancient Greek tragedy was a play where fate brings about the downfall of the characters involved. It has many other generic features which Miller has incorporated into his modern version. The character of Alfieri is used in the traditional chorus role‚ and Eddie is often likened to a tragic hero‚ the main character who contributes to their own downfall through a flawed personality‚ typically described
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where Antigone has died‚ Haemon has killed himself in fury with him‚ and Eurydice has also committed suicide upon hearing this news. The audience should feel sorrow; they should feel pity for Eurydice‚ as she hears the news. And they should also feel sympathy for Creon; though he has been a somewhat antagonist throughout the play‚ he has always maintained that he was doing the right thing; and yet‚ just as he begins to see the error of his ways‚ it all goes so very wrong for him. The entrance of Eurydice
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21‚ 2024 Goneril‚ Regan‚ and Edmund: Ambition and Pathos In Shakespeare’s tragedy of King Lear‚ the characters are battling strong ambition and motivation for power. Goneril‚ Regan and Edmund are complex characters that make the audience question sympathy for the antagonist. The three characters are motivated by the need for power and are willing to go to extreme lengths of manipulation and scheming to achieve it. Each character’s ambitions eventually lead to the tragic fate of death. Goneril‚ Regan
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0Chart Outlining Incidents of Dramatic Irony Example of Dramatic Irony from Acts I & II|CharactersInvolved|Sympathy? Antipathy?|Reason your sympathies lean as they do|Evidence – Lines and Explanation of Effect| In Act I Scene.5‚ the Ghost reveals to Hamlet that he was poisoned to death by Claudius‚ Claudius then spread the rumour that he died by a snake bite which is believed to be true .Only Hamlet and the readers know the truth that Claudius murdered Hamlet’s father. |King Hamlets Ghost‚
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sympathetic knowledge of the hidden sin in others hearts” (Hawthorne 80). This quote most definitely proves that Hester believed she had a newfound sense of sympathy. Hester’s newfound sense likely was a result of her own wrongdoing and punishment. She learned to sympathize with others who sinned once she herself sinned. The reason Hester developed sympathy can best be summed up by a popular quote from the book To Kill a Mockingbird which states‚ “You never really understand a person until you consider things
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feelings deeply towards the injustice of the Stolen Generation. Rabbit Proof Fence‚ sympathises the viewer with the Aborigines‚ sharing the atmosphere of hopeless‚ powerlessness and loss‚ bringing out its significance in its message. The power of sympathy‚ kinship‚ bonds and injustice were used throughout the film to bias the viewers. Rabbit Proof Fence focuses on many of these techniques repeatedly to highlight this‚ including suitable background music‚ camera angles‚ symbolic‚ realism and audio
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A question that philosophers have been pondering for centuries is‚ what does it mean to be human? Is it to be happy‚ to desire or be miserable? It is one of the most famous and inexplicable question that is interpreted differently for each person depending on their experiences‚ beliefs and their values. Earth is not a planet free of criminals or negative people but in order to balance this‚ there are people who see the positives of life and are grateful for every minute of the day. Offred from
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I feel sympathy for Hamlet as he has a right to be upset. His weeping‚ even Ophelia’s weeping made my sympathy for him grow. But Ophelia seems to actually be sad rather than acting on behalf of her father and the king which is something I like about this play. Hamlet’s physical nature towards her‚ a lot of it
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