Sympathy

Paul Laurence Dunbar and Maya Angelou’s poems both illustrate the experience of people who are oppressed by intolerance, prejudice, and unfair laws through the central image of the caged bird. Maya Angelou’s poem “Caged Bird” reflects isolation and helplessness through the image of the caged bird. Angelou Explains to us how the caged bird feels. “On the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom”(34 - 37). Angelou expresses the restraint and subjugation of african americans through…

product of her father’s terrible decisions and his tormented life. For an ancient audience one would perhaps feel sympathetic towards her calamity because even their lives weren’t as disastrous or doomed as hers. Similarly, a modern audience may feel sympathy for Antigone since the circumstances she was put in aren’t anything compared to theirs. On the other hand, her arrogance and her ignorance can be seen both positively and negatively. For an ancient audience, the fact that she 's acting out…

Grenouille as Anti-Hero Patrik suskind’s choice of Grenouille's characteristics in the Perfume made him successful on creating an anti hero whom the reader wants to see succeed despite the character's negative qualities. In Patrik Sunkind’s book Perfume: the story of a murderer, the main character, Grenouille's Grenouille; the protagonist in Perfume: the story of a murderer, is a human being with a supernatural ability which is his extraordinary sense of smell. Patrik suskind insists…

The Director, Phillip Noyce represents Aboriginal people much more sympathetically than he represents Europeans by using a range of technical and symbolic codes such as colour, camera angles and shots, auditory devices and symbols. This codes can be seen in the Abduction scene, Arrival at Moore river, Mr Neville’s says No and the scene where Mr Neville signs the papers for the girl’s removal. The technical codes and symbols used in the abduction scene of the Rabbit-Proof-Fence effectively help…

diegetic or non-diegetic, a perspective can change. In "Edward Scissorhands,” the music is suspenseful during the time of the break-in, which gives the viewer is a feeling of sympathy towards Edward. The music makes the viewer scared for Edward because it seems, by the music, that he won't get out, giving the effect of sympathy. In "Alice in Wonderland,” the music is fast-paced and eery during the great battle, this gives the viewer a sense of hectic moments. The music of the battle makes the…

In the outset of “The Secret River”, Kate Grenville conveys William as a person who steals from others in order for his family to survive, which displays the fact that William is a well respected person among the Thornhills but in the eyes of society he is a thief. However, as the story unfolds, Thornhill shifts to be conveyed as more of a greedy thief and dispossessor of other people who thinks more about himself rather than his family despite having his own opinion on what he thinks is right…

of the Scots, her cousin. Mary, Queen of the Scots was beheaded for treason against the queen. William Cecil, Lord Burghley, was Queen Elizabeth’s loyal chief advisors who ordered his nephew Robert Wingfield to record the execution of Queen Mary. Sympathy was evoke in the record for Queen Mary to show hope in a strong commitment in the fate and power of Catholicism, to show that Queen Mary was a good person who did not deserve her harsh execution and lastly to show that Queen Mary stood strong…

In Frank O’Conner’s, the “First Confession”, the author leads the reader down a comical path of childhood mischief, and innocence. The author’s tone and style is depicted in the story of children, Jackie and Nora, through sibling rivalry, comical views of childhood “sins” and actions, and resolution by confession and conversations with the priest. O’Conner uses lighthearted tone and humorous style within the passage and uses contrast of honesty and hypocrisy as basis of the story. The…

Secret Path - Journal 1 On February 23rd, our class read the graphic novel and watched the animated film of Gord Downie’s album, “Secret Path”. The “Secret Path” is about a boy aged 12 and named Chanie (Charlie) Wenjack, he intended to return home from the ruthless Residential School. In 1963, Canadian government took the 9 years old him away from his friends, parents, and homeland. Unfortunately, he died on October 22, 1966. In the frigid winter of Kenora, he was walking on the railroad, trying…

is not adequately motivated, because he achieves his goals through threats and black mailing. 8. Nora rejects Helmer, because she realizes that she needs to make her own decisions and not lie for his benefit anymore. Helmer does not deserve any sympathy. Throughout the…