Pity

gentleman as Cassio. And after all that, the irresponsible fool still managed to get himself head over heels drunk. What a shame, Cassio was just starting to settle into his new role of lieutenant. That brings me to the gentle, loyal Desdemon. Such a pity that a pretty young lady like yourself has to become entangled in my trap. You brought it on yourself really, never should’ve gone near the filthy Othello. Ever so easy you are going to be to bring down. So careless with that handkerchief,…

continues to evolve as he embarks on his journey across Middle-Earth and vast experience of warfare. Whilst discussing Gollum in the Fellowship of the Ring, he goes on to say it was a ‘pity that Bilbo did not stab the vile creature, when he had the chance.’ Gandalf then explains that ‘It was Pity that stayed his hand. Pity, and Mercy: not to strike without need’ and that one should ‘not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. For even the very wise cannot see all ends’. Basically, Gandalf…

feeling of ‘suffering’ together and then doing something about it. However, in the history of philosophy, compassion was often related to pity. Mariette Willemsen wrote that compassion is a “neutral term for a feeling that is often called pity in the English tradition [...] and Mitleid by German philosophers” (Schopenhauer and Nietzsche) (p.182). However, the term pity…

Starting from a young age Oliver was forced to live a life of misery through a workhouse ran by selfish people. Through the writings instilled by Charles Dickens in Oliver Twist, one is able to see how Oliver views certain things that he disagrees with in life. One can see how he views poverty while working at a workhouse at a young age. Oliver Twist hates that in order to survive in England he has to be accustomed to this way of life. By living in poverty Oliver came to view life as cruel and…

Agamemnon a tragic hero. A catharsis has three separate parts to it. The first part of it is the purification phase, where every emotion other than pity and fear are removed. The the next phase, distillation, is when the emotions of pity and fear are strengthened. Finally, the last phase of the catharsis process is purging, when the emotions of pity and fear are forcefully removed. According to Aristotle, as he wrote in the Poetics, the purpose of a catharsis is to purge people of their…

to bless them. The children respond – ‘Two words, indeed, of praying we remember;…”Our Father”, which is stating they know no other words except that are symbolic of the children’s nonexistent spiritual support (The Cry of The Children: An Appeal To Pity and A Curse On Society…

riddled with complex characters, of which Desdemona most definitely falls in the category. Desdemona is viewed as virginal and naive, but in truth is manipulative and power hungry. It is also unknown if she truly loves Othello, as her love stems from pity. The most convincing reason Desdemona is a complex character is her growth through the play. Desdemona is a complex character, contrary to popular belief, Shakespeare demonstrates her complexity through her character growth, ambiguity of her…

pathos evidence including: anecdotes, loaded language, and the appeal to pity to convince her audience. The author’s purpose for the essay is to appeal to the reader’s emotions in order to convince her audience to change their perspective on the testing of chimpanzees. The intended audiences for this essay are Researchers, Scientists, Human Rights Activists, and those who have a strong will…

seen a lot of sins and punishments on this journey. However, unlike the past punishments Dante doesn’t question Virgil or feel pity in any way, instead he searches filth to recognize someone “I saw one there whose head was so befouled with shit, you couldn’t tell which one he was” (Canto XVIII, 107-108). Dante’s opinion made a complete 360 from before where he felt pity for the sinners and lacked the reasoning behind the punishment. Despite Hell being a place with only pain and punishment…

It is argued by Aristotle in Poetics that a good tragedy is one with the correct plot, use of diction, character, spectacles, songs, and thoughts. Aristotle created the philosophy that a good and correct tragedy must have specific elements incorporated into these parts. It is by these elements that Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus is one of the best examples of a tragedy writing piece. According to Aristotle, the most important part of a poem is the plot. More specifically, Aristotle provides insight…