Analysis In the excerpt from Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant”‚ the author uses similes‚ syllepsis‚ and connotation to appeal to the readers sense of pathos in order to convey his attitude of remorse and fluster in regards to shooting the elephant so as to comment on imperialism. Orwell uses Similes to convey his remorse and fluster towards shooting the elephant. He compares the elephant to “…a huge rock toppling…” and paints the scene by saying “The thick blood welled out of him like red velvet…” He clearly
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stealing‚ manipulating others‚ and sometimes the use of violence; and a lack of guilt‚ shame and empathy. Sometimes‚ this illness is called psychopathy or sociopathy. Unfornately‚ Holden is a sociopath because he is deceitful‚ irresponsible and he lacks remorse for action that harm others.(56) Holden Caulfield is described as a really trouble six`teen-year-old boy who is telling a story about how he got expelled from Pencey Preparatory School. Holden is deceitful. Deceitfulness is defined as a false statement
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winning a battle. This feeling‚ however‚ is very short lived. The speakers “Triumph” lasted only “till the drums/and then I dropped my victory…” as noted in lines 3 and 4. These lines show the speakers a compassionate and caring person who feels remorse immediately after the triumphant feeling subsides. The speaker in “My Triumph” is an average person who is thrust into battle‚ emerges victorious‚ and sees that there is more defeat in victory than they realized. The narrator sees the reality of
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Strive For Ambition Can Lead To Guilt and An Unwelcome Fate Blood is very important to every human beings survival. It circulates throughout the body and carries oxygen and nutrients to tissues in exchange for life. If this fluid was somehow lost‚ existence would be lost as well. Blood represents both life and death but also injury. It plays an important part in life itself and without it‚ life would be lost. In the play of Macbeth‚ Shakespeare uses blood imagery to add a sense of fear‚ guilt‚ shame
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disorder is very hard to treat due to the fact they think they don’t have a problem‚ that it is the rest of the world with a problem. Antisocial personality disorder is where someone constantly disregards other’s rights‚ is charming‚ has no shame or remorse‚ doesn’t have guilt‚ can’t form passionate relationships‚ blunt and insensitive‚ projects a bully image‚ makes other’s feel fear‚ don’t take responsibility for their actions‚ is a risk-taker‚ hard-nosed‚ puts their aggression unto others‚ and they
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imagine everything Brooks is saying. Having the connection and the images in their mind while knowing that the baby was aborted makes it all the more real‚ allowing the reader to feel similar emotions that the mother herself had felt such as sorrow and remorse. The remorseful feeling is really expressed towards the ending of the poem when there is a change in whom she is addressing. Brooks now begins
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MACBETH * ‘What he hath lost‚ noble Macbeth hath won.’ (Duncan 1:2) – Noble * ‘brave Macbeth’ – ‘Valour’s minion’ – ‘Bellona’s bridegroom’ – Noble * ‘why do I yield to that suggestion / Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair / And make my seated heart knock at my ribs‚’ (Macbeth 1:3) – Ambitious * ‘If chance will have me King‚ why‚ chance may crown me‚ / Without my stir.’ (Macbeth 1:3) - Loyal * ‘why do you dress me / In borrowed robes?’ (Macbeth 1:3) - Loyal * ‘The Prince
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importance of the Inspector and the fact that he has more information than he is revealing. She is the first person in the play to really begin to perceive the inspector. Throughout the play‚ she becomes the most sympathetic family member‚ showing remorse and guilt on hearing the news of her part in the girl’s downfall‚ and encouraging the family (unsuccessfully) to accept responsibility for their part in Eva/Daisy’s death. She is revealed to not be as naïve as originally thought‚ revealing her suspicions
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Behaviors and Symptoms of a Psychopath Psychopaths are usually associated with sadistic extremes like Ted Bundy or Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs‚ but not all psychopaths are necessarily this obvious to spot. Some psychopaths live an entire life without acting on their instinctual need to control and hurt others. Psychopaths can be divided into 4 separate subgroups based on their behavior. There is the primary psychopath‚ the secondary psychopath‚ the distempered psychopath‚ and the
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The only was that a person can feel redeemed is by feeling remorseful about his/her own guilt. One’s own remorse is the only thing that can lead to one’s own redemption as shown by Khaled Hosseini in his bildungsroman‚ “The Kite Runner.” Since he was twelve‚ Amir has been struggling with his sin against
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