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    “encouraging” speech to his veterans and they lose the war. At that time, Hannibal loses hope and surrenders. He took pity on himself. Sometimes you can’t catch ‘em all, sometimes your power level is only at 8,999, he wasn’t used to the feeling of lost. Being the amazing war general he was, he could have sprung back into action. Another reason the Carthaginians lost the war was because Hannibal took pity on himself and gave…

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    should tell him about my past or not. There was things that other people didn’t know nonetheless if I wanted to be in an honest relationship with Harry he deserved to know the truth, however, am I ready to be judged or get pity from him? Honestly, the last thing I want is to get pity from the guy I’m dating. I took a deep breath and finally made up my mind.…

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    took me into the interrogation room and explained to me that he didn't do it. They told me he showed up to make sure i was okay. I told them he was lying but no amount of convincing would make them believe me. They just sat there and stared at me with pity. Like i was the crazy one. I told them i wasn't crazy, they told me they know i'm not crazy but there was no evidence that he had done the things i told them. They kept me and my parents at the station until Richardson left. Then we…

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    “And will that be in red or blue?” the sales lady politely asked through a smile. “I’m uh… color blind.” I answer as I look down at the floor. “Either will be fine, thank you.” I rub the back of my neck. She gives me with a look of sympathy, then walks off to put in my order for the soft shirt. I sit on one of the many small, slightly uncomfortable couches that are set just outside of the dressing rooms. I hate sympathy. Being color blind really isn’t something to sympathize for. I can still…

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    blame on herself in order to get Caesar to understand that and listen to her. Calphurnia is trying to build pity in Caesar and continues to do so as she goes down “upon [her] knee”. This detail allows for Caesar to find an excuse in his wife to stay home, but is taken as pity as Calphurnia creates a physical example of their split in status, allowing Caesar to look down on her and take pity. The final detail that Calphurnia adds about “send[ing] Mark Antony to the Senate House” exhibits logos…

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    Similar to ‘Half-Past Two’ the poem ‘My Papa’s Waltz’ includes an authority figure of whom abuses their power over the child; in ‘Half-Past Two’ the teacher forgets about the child then when she remembers she attempts to blame the child for his own lateness, while in ‘My Papa’s Waltz’ the child and father are in a possibly physical and corporal relationship yet the child loves his father nonetheless. The strong feeling I will discuss in ‘My Papa’s Waltz’ is the fondness the child has of the…

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    Slave portrays the wicked effects slavery had on Caucasian Southerners and the cruelty African Americans faced because of it. Captain Anthony is an exemplary example of a slaveholder who took great “pleasure” in the abuse of slaves, but Douglass only pities his lack of morality and humanity. Captain Anthony’s “hardened” heart and corrupted soul are key components in the cancerous disease known as slavery that started and continues racial strife even…

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    This passage from Jane Austen’s “Emma” presents Emma’s character as one who is Obsessed with the Trivialities going on in her life as well as someone’s who is not thinking clearly while their mind is errant, and also being impolite One-way Jane Austen presents Emma during the passage is by showing us that she is Obsessed with Trivialities, by telling the reader that she could not forgive Jane Fairfax. “Emma could not forgive her” This demonstrates that Emma is obsessed with trivialities to Jane…

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    When he runs into one of his most highly respected idols named Ser Brunetto Latino he has pity and is frightened. After they have a conversation about what he had done and his punishment for the sins, Dante came to a conclusion. “I did not dare descend to his own level but kept my head inclined, as one who walks in reverence mediating good and evil.” (Alighieri 120) As Dante is experiencing more and more pity for the people in the circles, he finally comes to the conscious that he could turn out…

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    fought for was the wrong side and thus makes it clear that he does not think of him as his equal. Rather then seeing Ward as an equal, Rodman mostly just pities the old man. He calls Ward a “helpless creature” (379) and only sees him as an equal because he was a soldier but not equal as a human being. The same thing happens with Miss Ward. Rodman pities her and talks to her in condescending manner. He thinks very little of her and does not regard her as an equal but merely for what she is – a…

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