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    The romantic writer Mary Shelley published Frankenstein‚ in 1818. Her novel encompasses sympathy between a tragic science creation of a monster and his creator‚ Victor Frankenstein. Frankenstein is written in two parts‚ first from the narration of Frankenstein himself‚ then from the view of the monster‚ which allows in depth analysis of the characters feelings. Shelly uses sympathy and beauty to illustrate the dynamic relationship between Frankenstein and his creation. Shelley uses pathetic fallacy

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    done anything to deserve rejection‚ Heathcliff is made to feel like an outsider. Following the death of Mr. Earnshaw‚ Heathcliff suffers cruel mistreatment at the hands of Hindley. It seems that in these tender years‚ he is deprived of love‚ friendship‚ and education. He is separated from the family‚ reduced to the status of a servant‚ undergoes regular beatings‚ but most of all‚ he is forcibly separated from his soul mate‚ Catherine. The personality that Heathcliff develops in his adulthood has been

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    child and by his actions being like a child‚ it effectively creates sympathy for the character from the readers. This is because it is always easy for a reader to feel sympathetic towards a person with mental difficulties as you can understand how challenging it must be in their situation. George I don’t think Steinbeck creates sympathy for George a such... There’s the theme of the American Dream‚ and the reader’s feel sympathy for George because he keeps telling Lennie about the dream so much

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    Americans. In the poems “Sympathy” and “The Caged Bird” by Paul Laurence Dunbar and Maya Angelou‚ the authors do a great job expressing their feelings about Jim crow laws by using an image of a caged bird. These poems are a very popular because they relate to the Jim crow laws‚ the authors‚ Paul Dunbar‚ and Maya Angelou create such meaningful themes describing the feelings of being trapped that it gives strength in knowing why we keep moving forward. Both the poems “Sympathy” and “Caged Bird” use

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    Nathanael Greene was born in 1742 and grew up as a Quaker before taking on responsibilities for the family foundry in 1770. He gained an interest in politics and had a noticeable sympathy for the Patriot cause. Around 1774‚ Greene played a role in the formation of a militia known as the Kentish Guards. The unit was chartered and Greene was eager to enroll and was later accepted. This was the beginning of Greene’s military affairs‚ and he later served on a militia committee of the General Assembly

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    The film creates sympathy for Bonnie & Clyde in many ways. We see them as real people like us who have fears and hurts. We see Clyde not as a maniacal robot‚ but as a real person who loves his brother and Bonnie deeply‚ as seen in the emotion he exudes when his brother dies and in his desperation when he thinks that Bonnie is going to leave him. Likewise‚ we are drawn to the compassion he shows when he allows the old farmer to keep his withdrawal money during the bank robbery. The film also stirs

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    To what extent does Shakespeare make you feel sympathy for Romeo and Juliet in Act 1 and Act 2? We are introduced to the play by a prologue which in this case is a sonnet. In this we are immediately told the fate of the two ‘star-crossed lovers’‚ building tension throughout the play. Shakespeare uses this to make us aware of what is going on during the play so we feel sympathy for Romeo and Juliet throughout the play. We are also informed of the hatred between two households‚ due to pathetic

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    How is sympathy created for Mayella Ewell? Lee creates compassion for Mayella Ewell by describing her life at home. In this chapter‚ Atticus progressively builds an image of Mayella’s life at home: «’you the eldest? The oldest?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘How long has your mother been dead?’ ‘Don’t know- long time.’» In this extract‚ Lee demonstrates the role of Mayella in her family and how hard it is for her‚ especially since she is only nineteen and has seven brothers and sisters. She is like their mother: therefore

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    between the two main characters‚(possibly change this sentence) Catherine‚ a strong and beautiful young lady and Heathcliff‚ an adopted dark and handsome young man. Though they are meant to be together‚ their love was not an ordinary love; while both chose to make their love for each other more difficult than it needed to be‚ it is filled with wealth/status‚ revenge‚ and ghosts. Heathcliff‚ portrayed as a wild yet innocent and vulnerable at first‚ transformed into a handsome young man‚ who was filled

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    Sympathy for Satan John Milton spent years trying to think of an idea to base his epic on; an idea that would make his epic last centuries and never be forgotten. His desire came to life since his work lives in history‚ along with Homer‚ Virgil and Dante. Finally‚ he found a muse in God and in the dawn of creation; rather than in earthly matters. John Milton’s intention while writing his epic was not to make Satan a hero‚ however‚ many people perceive such an idea. Instead‚ he simply wanted

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