Pity

Like all of humanity, the characters in Bartleby: The Scrivener by Herman Melville are imperfect. Humans have all felt pain, fear, insecurity, disappointment, and regret at some point in our lives; It is simply our nature to possess flaws. Perfection is an illusion, existing only in our minds. In truth, everything humans do in this life is an effort to correct our flaws, whether they realize this or not. We love one another and seek knowledge in an attempt to better ourselves. The Lawyer, who…

the effect they have on the characters. Primarily, racism is portrayed through the character “Crooks”, and the language that the men use to identify him dehumanises and therefore isolates him. It is unclear as to whether Steinbeck intended to create pity for Crooks with this technique, but in the modern day that is the effect that it has on the reader. Steinbeck also created sympathy (whether intentionally or not) with his portrayal of sexism, especially with the character of Curley’s Wife.…

In Oedipus the King by Sophocles and Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller each playwright constructs a main characters who despite being written in different eras act as a cautionary example due to a common characteristic. Through the similar use of symbolism and irony as well as the contrasting view of what it means to be a tragic hero, Sophocles and Miller put forward the idea that an individual’s misfortune is closely related to lack of self-consciousness. The similar use of symbolism allows…

brings happiness to man. He believes that in order for one to achieve happiness you must increase one’s power to the point where resistance is overcome and the weak will be non-existent. When discussing the weak, Nietzsche believes that those who show pity towards those who are inferior are most harmful to society. These views can correlate to Creon’s views from Sophocles’ Antigone, Athens as a tyrannical empire in Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War and Aeneas from Virgil’s Aeneid. In…

He uses the short story to show readers there are no guidelines for life, one should view things as they are, no matter the difficulty, one should contain his or her despair and self-pity by sheer willpower, one should not make trouble for others, and one should not judge others, but see them with “irony and pity.” Even though Hemingway did not use much description in his story; he still conveys these points fully throughout the piece. Hemingway illustrates the premise of accepting the lack of…

the crew enthusiastically takes part due to Ahab’s mastery of persuasive tactics. In chapter 36, “The Quarter-Deck,” from pages 232-235, Captain Ahab uses a combination of paternalistic, warm language towards his crew and appeals to their sense of pity to convince them to hunt Moby Dick alongside him. As he begins to introduce the idea of the hunt to his crew, Ahab speaks to them affectionately. Ahab begins to question the crew about whaling, and when given correct answers, he responds with…

Brandon Lee Professor Lindskog Introduction to Political Theory November 12, 2017 Identification Terms #3 For each of the terms/quotes below, please identify the book, the author, the speaker (if that is different from the author), define the term, and demonstrate its context and importance in the text from which it is taken. Please DO NOT use bullet points. You need to write in full sentences. A couple of paragraphs per identification term should be enough but please explain the terms fully.…

This flaw causes the audience to pity Oedipus and his pride clouded mind, and unfortunately he becomes paranoid. (Oedipus to Tiresias) “Are these inventions Creon’s work, or yours?” Tiresias tries to reveal the truth to Oedipus but he [Oedipus] ignores him because the king assumes that…

gain ("the pity play"), and treating others like objects rather than human beings. They are excellent at playing victims when needed, crying big crocodile tears and eliciting compassion from others. But make no…

characteristics of being of noble background, having a fatal flaw, and he evokes the emotions of pity and fear in the audience. Euripides’s playwright is geared towards men of the time, it showed them what could happen when involved with a woman to an extreme. After the children are murdered by Medea, Jason does not even get to properly bury them, instead it is a mystery what really happens to their bodies. This brings out pity for Jason, for he has lost everything because the woman took…