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    In the short story The Rattler, the author questions the justifiability of taking any life. Understanding the reason for a killing can allow one to sympathize with a killer, finding his cause sufficient, or alternatively empathize with the victim. In The Rattler, the author presents two opposing sides, one vindicating the man’s killing of the snake, and the other finding it wrong that the snake was killed. The author’s use of language and details causes the reader to empathize with the man for the killing, feel sympathy for the human-like snake, and experience both sympathy and empathy through the description of setting. The imagery used to describe the setting creates both sympathy for the man and empathy for the snake. The man kills the…

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    It is much more variable because it is dependent on human thinking (McLaren, 2013). Different people have different perspectives on different issues which may be due to age, culture, sex, experience among others. The ability to fit oneself into another person’s shoes is what determines how effective the communication will be. Many people confuse empathy with sympathy which is much similar yet so different. Both are important tools in determining effective communication. Sympathy has much more to…

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    The Cask of Amontillado, a Story of Revenge “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe is a tragic tale of vengeance between two friends. The story uses the first person perspective where Montresor, narrates the story on how he bears a grudge against his friend Fortunato for insulting him. Poe does not disclose the insults but highlights the narrator’s obsession for revenge. However, in the narrative, Fortunato is depicted as kind, friendly and innocent while Montresor is evil. As a resulted,…

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    Sympathy In The Crucible

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    “Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.” 1Peter 3:8, ESV. When I was little, my family said I carried my heart on my arm, because I was so sensitive and caring. As I have grown, sometimes this has been a struggle for me because I let my sensitivity overwhelm me and make me worry about everything. When I reflected on my own characteristics to write this paper, I challenged myself to transform this into a character that would help…

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    Solloum's Sympathy

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    Sympathy is the feeling of pity and sorrow for someone else’s misfortune. It is easy to sympathize with both couples, Ellen and Paul as well as Solloum’s parents. Each reader will have their very own reasons as to why they may sympathize with one couple more than the other and each are entitled to their reasoning. My heart breaks for both families affected, but somehow shatters just a little more for Ellen and Paul’s struggle’s to survive, their failing marriage and the loss of their only child.…

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    Sympathy For Macbeth

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    In the context of the play, this passage means that Macbeth is already prepared to give up on life after the death of his wife and is contemplating life and the universe. In addition to showing Macbeth’s unhappiness, it could be meant to signify the end of Macbeth’s reign of terror on Scotland, the end of his will to live, and the end of his life. The passage reflects on humanity as a whole because the lack of grief expressed by Macbeth at the announcement of his wife’s death and the…

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    Confederate Sympathies

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    After the election of Abraham Lincoln, despite his efforts to maintain the Union, Southern states began seceding and joining the new Confederate States of America. The United States was divided geographically between the sides, but the loyalty of states in between established Northern and Southern territory was not clear. Lincoln and the Union needed these states to remain loyal for transportation of Union supplies and troops back and forth between enemy territory. Maryland was an especially…

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    Sympathies In Film

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    Pasolini’s feeling of sympathies was linked to his mother and the schoolteacher. Mamma Roma is perhaps the only film in which one can see poet, novelist, and philosopher Pasolini as filmmaker, who has full control on this creative medium. He himself trained his cameraman so that he can capture the film according to filmmaker’s own vision. Compositions and editing are done perfectly according to the concepts laid down in the book. This is the reason behind the fact that this film is not only rich…

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    Sympathy In Macbeth

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    Having the sympathy for someone who has done a wrong can be difficult, however, seeing how the situation came about can change the way you feel about the person. In the play Macbeth, Macbeth is loyal to his rightful King and obeyed all his orders, although when Lady Macbeth began to speak she poisoned his mind for the crave of power. His crave for power then began to take over his self awareness and self control, Macbeth only had his mind set on power. Due to the witches prophecy, he felt he had…

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    Southern Sympathies

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    But it is the writers right to freedom of speech. What president Lincoln did though was wrong, freedom of speech was one of the very foundations this county was built upon when it was founded on and what the president did was wrong. One of the biggest constitutional rights I believe that Abraham Lincoln violated was the suspension of habeas corpus and the arrest made on the Maryland legislatures for being so called Lincoln called having “Southern Sympathies”. Some Historians believe why…

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