Sympathy

Only during the creature’s demonstration Victor was capable to sense sympathy for the creature. Brooks says in the lines: The close of his narrative suggests the importance of language as relation. In arguing that Frankenstein must create a female monster to be companion to the male, the Monster asserts that only in communication with a similar being can he ‘become linked to the chain of existence and events, from which I am now excluded’ (p. 149) Brooks ,593 as cited by Webster page…

Reading the first volume of Frankenstein, I felt sympathy towards Victor because of his many losses beginning with his mother, and then his brother. During the scenes regarding the death, created a sympathy for Victor because, the passing occurred before he was away in university. Thus, I felt sympathy because of his distance from his family, he cannot but help think about the loss. Therefore, I felt Victor’s creation of his monster, help him grieve from his mother’s loss, because he combines…

get rid of him as soon as he was born; they thought that by doing this the oracle’s claims could never come true. Oedipus was sent to a different kingdom called Corinth and the people that raised him were the king and queen. King Oedipus deserves sympathy because he had no control of his fate.…

the novel. Initially the monster seems inhuman and a being that only wants to see others suffer, mainly Victor himself. However, when we learn of the monster’s point of view, we realize that his acts are almost somewhat justified, and we even build sympathy for the monster. During this chapter, we realize that it is not the monster’s fault that he behaves this way. The reason why it is not the monster’s fault is because of how society as well as Victor, his own creator, treats him. This is shown…

wife. When simply observing actions alone, Othello would certainly be considered evil; however, William Shakespeare implements various literary devices to create Othello so that he evokes sympathy, instead of rage, from the audience. Primarily, Shakespeare utilizes linguistic changes by Othello to evoke sympathy for Othello from…

Literature The poet and the pilgrim both show sympathy towards Dante the Pilgrim’s guide, Virgil, also known as Vergil. Virgil was one of the greatest Roman poets, and while living in Rome he attained a thorough knowledge of Greek and Roman authors and poets (Schoder 414). He was also trained in rhetoric and philosophy (Williams). He wrote the Aeneid, in which Dante was very fond of and saw Virgil as the highest level of achievement and human intelligence (Schoder 414). Because of these reasons…

The trigger for sympathy for the eponymous character Miss Julie The inevitability of fate as a motor for drama has been used through the ages and August Strindberg’s controversial play Miss Julie falls into this grouping of literary classics. The eponymous protagonist (daughter of a count and a commoner), is driven by a hereditary need to integrate with the lower class yet simultaneously lord over them. Using her sexuality but also tempted by lowering herself socially, she beds her servant,…

Instead, Gertrude expresses little grief over King Hamlet’s death and rushes into a new marriage with his brother. Hamlet expresses that his father’s love for his mother is eternal, but Gertrude seems to have forgotten that. An audience would feel sympathy for Hamlet because he does not receive the comfort or assistance that anyone with depression deserves. So far, Hamlet has kept his emotions inside because his mother has failed to take the time to discover the true cause of his sadness. “Good…

would appear offense in us, His countenance, like richest alchemy, Will change to virtue and to worthiness” (Act I, Scene iii). On these few lines, Casca is talking about Brutus and how good of a person and leader that he is. Shakespeare increases sympathy for Brutus by emphasizing his many positive qualities through the entire play. Other conspirators and even his enemies draw praise towards…

Victor Frankenstein creating a "monster", but his creature has no monster like qualities until he is left and abandoned by his creator. The creature is only treated with cruelty and rancor because of his gruesome appearance. The creature gets no sympathy throughout his life and greatly suffers because of it. Through the description of the creatures plight Shelley suggests compassion as the true indication of human nature. At the beginning of Frankenstein the main character Victor…