Pity

jealousies start to appear. He doesn’t deny that Hobbes’s view may be correct, just that his definition of the actual ‘State of Nature’ is inaccurate. According to Rousseau, the only sentiments left in the ‘State of Nature’ would be self-love and pity, and man would have no desire for power because there would be nobody to…

The novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold is a Latin American work written by Gabriel Garcia Márquez. It is a penetrating exploration of the effect of collective guilt and collective memory. A small town is entrenched in misogynistic behavior manifested by male privilege and sexual discrimination which leads to the death of a prominent citizen, Santiago Nasar. The real reason the town feels guilty for the crime is because people do not take part in warning Nasar that he will be killed. This idea…

Although not focused exclusively on female enslavement, Philip D. Morgan’s Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake & Lowcountry echoes the contrasting identities between white and black Americans and its impact on the moral development of society. According to Morgan, “Slavery was not curious abnormality, no aberration, no marginal features or early America. Most eighteenth-century Americans did not find it an embarrassment or an evil. Rather, slavery was a…

reality. The Allegory continues as one of the men is released and dragged to the mouth of the cave, where he is temporarily blinded by the harsh sunlight. Eventually, the man discovers a reality beyond what he experienced in the cave. The man eventually pities his peers down in the cave and returns to the cave to attempt to…

that it is difficult for them to assimilate due the diversity of each nation. Furthermore, the author uses causal relationships to show that the taking of their lands is causing the depression of the Natives. By doing this, the author hopes to gain pity from the American government, leading to them retrieving their…

the spot after observing the character and habits of this particular princess.” Moses’ sister Miriam, stood watch as the wicker basket journey down the river until it rest near the bathing princess. Then once the princess opened the basket and “took pity on” Moses, Miriam jumped into action. She strategically asked “shall I go and get you a Hebrew nurse to suckle the child for you?” By Miriam keeping watch over her younger brother and intervening at the right time it allowed Moses’ birth mother…

A Great Tragedy Othello, the Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare is considered one of the greatest tragedies ever written. Othello idealizes Desdemona as a Christ figure, labels Othello as the tragic hero, and also follows the guidelines of Aristotle’s definition of a great tragedy. Othello is a prime example of what a true tragedy should consist of. Desdemona is considered the Christ figure in Othello because her life parallels that of Jesus Christ. Like Christ, Desdemona is considered…

a choice between life and death, and faces his destiny with courage. John Proctor posses the necessities to classify as a tragic hero. Not only does his flaw affect the life of his character, but also his he captures sympathy and pity from readers. Proctor's downfall in the…

can clearly be seen. Perhaps the greatest connection that can be seen within the Elegy would be the villagers within the poem. Each time Gray refers to the countryside, and its people, it has a certain positive quality given to it and often “both pities and admires their circumscribed lives” (Padgett, p. 397). When Gray refers to the villagers he gives them a sentimental and warm feeling to convey his positive association with the countryside and its…

“Mr. Parsons [...] felt a sudden and foolish sort of pity for all blind creatures.” (Source #3) It is surprising that a blind man experiences such feelings, however the thinker is shining a light on the absurdity of the expectations of the abilities of the blind. The blind beggar that Mr. Parsons refers to…