Pity

In order to investigate the role of pity in causing Prometheus’s punishment, we must investigate the role of pity in his crime. The crime itself appears first early in the drama as Kratos explains it to Hephaistos in the opening speech: Your flower, the light of art-giving fire, He stole and gave to mortals. For such sins He must pay the penalty to the gods, So that he might be taught to bear the tyranny of Zeus, And to cease his man-loving way. (7-11) Here, Kratos marks the theft of fire from…

deals with the problems of anxiety and trepidation in our life. In this age of competition and rush, everybody seems either afflicted or knows someone who is afflicted. The highly competitive and material culture undermines our nerves. Anxiety and self-pity are due to the fear of failure and doubt in various professions, different relationships, achieving success and other materialistic things which may lead us to humiliation, poverty and dark future for us and our family members. Intense and…

“occupying and maintaining the interest or attention of the audience. Through the use of characterisation, narrative structure and figurative language, Shakespeare elicits a response of both pity and fear, thus engaging the audience in Macbeth. In order to engage the audience, Shakespeare evokes a reader response of pity and fear in Macbeth through the use of the characterisation of Macbeth. This is illustrated clearly in Macbeth’s first true soliloquy, in Act 1, Scene 2: “He's here in double…

Proctor through their own characteristics, not always through Proctor’s present characteristics. In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, the viewer feels pity and sympathy for John Proctor because he is human in his mistakes, and sacrifices his reputation to gain what he ideally strives to maintain, which is his integrity and his morals. Readers pity John Proctor because Arthur Miller bases The Crucible off a real life situation and presents human qualities and mistakes…

Divine Image, Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love are named as the four “virtues of delight.” William Blake, the speaker of this poem, says that in times of distress and dismay all people pray to these “virtues.” They represent “God, our father dear.” These four traits are traits that God himself gave to people. Mercy is found in most human hearts, Pity is shown in the human face; Peace covers humans throughout their life, and we show Love through our human body. With Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love we…

Mair’s uses a casual diction in order to downplay and look for positives within her diagnosis of MS. She doesn’t let her disease control her life and continues to live her life as fully as possible. Showing her appreciation for what she has in her life instead of all of the bad things that come with the diagnosis of MS. Also referring to herself as a cripple and stating “as a cripple, I swagger,” is another example of how she has accepted herself and the adjustments in her life. Mair’s casually…

punishments that are often times gruesome. Dante the writer wants the reader to feel nothing for these sinners suffering, since they are getting what they deserve. However, Dante the character is often seen throughout the book feeling sympathy and pity for the sinners in hell. Dante does this as a moral strategy to get the reader to feel what he wants them to feel. In having Dante the character show such humane emotions initially…

among God and people. Starting with abstract traits ( the virtues of Love, Peace, Pity, and Mercy), the stanzas create from these qualities the object of prayer. In the second segment, the stanza clarifies the idea of the grace of the Creator. The notion remains somewhat untraditional, signifying that people worship thes virtues because they represent God The poem suggests apparently that these qualities Love, Pity, Peace, and love are the trait of God. And they reflect the God…

sentiments of pity were much more prevalent than feelings of fear. In Oedipus Rex, it was not only the reader that felt pity for Oedipus but even the chorus and other characters in the play. Shortly before he left Thebes, the Chorus addressed Oedipus and admitted, “godforsaken, cursed by the gods! I pity you but I can’t bear to look” (1438-1439, 239). It is not only what he has done to himself (the blinding) but what he’s done/ been victim to that has caused widespread pity. In Antigone, pity…

of debate. His thoughts are often preoccupied with questions of what to do with Bartleby, and how he can fix such a poor soul. Through his process of trying to find solutions for Bartleby, the lawyer begins to learn new truths about the respect and pity people have for others in pain. He draws up truth of pity's breaking point and its effect. In his speech, the lawyer comes to a conclusion about the treatment of those in pain by using valid…