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    After hearing the words from the creature, Victor realizes the mistake that made by himself and feels remorse. For example, Victor hears the creature’s story and thinks a lot on the way home. He yells to the sky, and depicts his mental feeling, “I cannot describe to you how the eternal twinkling of the stars weighed upon me, and how I listened to every blast of wind, as if it were a dull ugly siroc on its way to consume me” (Shelley 151). The author uses both personification and simile to…

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    Hrothgar, Beowulf encounters Grendel and Grendel's mother. In order to save King Hrothgar and the Danes, Beowulf kills Grendel. In this epic, the author strategically uses imagery to portray Grendel as an infuriated demon and a monstrous beast without remorse. This passage from the epic of Beowulf is one that reaps victory for the prince of the Geats. When Beowulf is faced with the task of killing Grendel, his unexpected success is one that causes celebration…

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    Raskolnikov Murder

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    good and evil. Raskolnikov reveals to the reader the deepest and darkest corners of a grotesque and deprived mind. The mind of a depressed student, and the mind of a violent criminal. Raskolnikov is a cold-blooded killer, and all of his so called remorse later in the book is trumped by his reaction immediately after the killings, and the ease with which he kills two human beings. That alone is enough to show how little value Raskolnikov places on human life, and shows to the reader that all of…

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    Another consequence of Macbeth’s ambition is that he begins to feel guilt. Impacted by the death of Duncan caused by his deep desire to become king at last, Macbeth begins to act paranoid simply because he is feeling a huge pile of remorse on himself. He expressed himself, which demonstrated how he was in a certain way in the scene. While talking to Lady Macbeth about killing Duncan, Macbeth begins to feel guilt. Due to this guilt, when he hears a noise, he jumps in a frightened way because he…

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    murder of Macduff 's family, the full transformation between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth occurs. Macbeth is completely ruthless, while Lady Macbeth warmhearted and humane. Throughout each of the murders in the play Lady Macbeth 's remorse accumulates while Macbeth 's remorse declines affecting their personality.…

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    insults, premeditated murder, and by showing no remorse. The first example is when Montresor wanted to get Fortunato back for the many, many people he had injured in his past. A second example is when Montresor already had the supplies he needed down in the catacombs already. A third significant example is when Montresor built the cement wall around Fortunato…

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    Character Foils In Hamlet

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    While murder is never acceptable, the remorse one has for committing such a crime can be a good indication of whether they deserve forgiveness. In Hamlet by Shakespeare, the remorselessness of foil characters is used to highlight Hamlet’s remorse. Hamlet’s regret for killing Polonius when Gertrude says, “To draw apart the body he hath kill’d: / O 'er whom his very madness, like some ore / Among…

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    In the poem “Those Winter Sundays,” Robert Hayden is trying to show his remorse for not seeing how much his father loved him and not appreciating everything that his father did for him. He doesn’t say this directly, but shows us through his story and his words. He tells us about the things his father did for him and how he treated his father. Hayden feels very remorseful for being so oblivious to all the ways his father showed he loved Hayden when he was younger and he feels badly about treating…

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    genius for mathematics and most intellectual things in life, yet who has a serious identity crisis. Several themes abound in the movie, but the one that stands out, as we explore the psychology of the protagonist, is guilt. When an unresolved past remorse from childhood goes unchallenged, that very guilt psychologically shapes into adult life with catastrophic impact upon all aspects of life, and the resolution of the guilt can be profoundly difficult to achieve. The influence of guilt in…

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    Albert Camus Emotions

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    matter to him whether they are dead or alive. In addition and more importantly, these two instances demonstrate how Meursault lacks emotion. Meursault’s inability to experience emotions strongly suggests that he does not experience remorse over his actions either. Without remorse, there really is not anything to prevent Meursault from acting however he pleases, regardless of whether it be harmful or not. Meursault’s inability to experience regret becomes glaringly apparent during his murder…

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