Sympathy

ABSTRACT The gothic novel, albeit not considered high literature, counts among the most distinctive literary genres. The literary form was at its prime in late 18th century, although its days of glory have past elements of the Gothic can be found even in contemporary literature. Over the centuries, several sub-genres of the gothic novel have developed, including Southern Ontario Gothic. This branch of the Gothic is characterized by criticism of social attitudes towards race, politics, gender and…

that he feels on the daily basis. When Abner says "Well, I reckon I’ll have a word with the man that aims to begin ownin' me body and soul for the next eight months.( p.355)” it is the emotional peak of the story and the reader finally feels the sympathy and desperation when Abner lets out this tired sigh. Again, this…

one and the gradual adjustment to his new reality. In the story, Mr. Newman has to adjust to his new job as a packer in the shipping room after living his whole life with a white- collar job in an office. Powers’s melancholy account evokes pity and sympathy for Mr. Newman by describing his depressing life as it falls into a downward spiral with his elderly body creaking under his ancient bones and his strenuous job as an A-1 packer for hefty packages. Without becoming sentimental, the narrator…

Justice is defined as the attainment of what is just, especially that which is fair, moral, right, merited, or in accordance with law. Although justice is commonly affiliated with the punishment of one who has broken the law, that is not always the case. There are some cases in which the convicted criminal is also a victim, which causes normal areas of black and white to fade to grey. In “A Jury of Her Peers,” written by Susan Glaspell, this grey area is what results in the main conflict for Mrs…

Extra Characters Added to the Later Work On average, 3 out of 5 of my friends will always claim that the book is more superior than the movie. Supposedly the book presents additional details about the characters and gives you the opportunity to connect the dots and gain perception. However, in this case, the movie Beowulf and Grendel (Gunnarsson, 2005.) added characters such as the witch, Grendel’s son, and the praised man, to emphasize that the world views from today greatly differ in regard…

The transformation that takes place in Gregor’s family, where the expected love and support turns into shamed “acceptance and resentment” now that Gregor has let the family down because of the transformation to a bug. The level of sympathy for Gregor by the family quickly turns into disgust. His father even beats the insect with multiple household items, first with a newspaper and a cane, which later turns into “apples from the family’s fruit bowl” (Lawall 1902) which incidentally…

rude and destructive things. Hundreds of women were marching and when the crowd attacked these women 100 went into the hospital. The police seemed to do nothing about the situation but this went into the newspaper which gave the girls publicity and sympathy. Another way these women tried to gain suffrage was Picketing at the white house. They would stand outside from dawn to dusk, holding up banners quoting Woodrow Wilson. One of these days Alice Paul, the main…

(39). By using wording such as “stern” and “without murmur of its severity,” Hawthorn conveys with the connotation and denotation that people can be defined as unfeeling and grim. In addition to this, he implies that Puritan society feels so little sympathy that they would have felt that Hester deserved death for her adultery. Likewise, when the jailor emerges from the prison with Hester at his side, Hawthorne describes it “like a black shadow emerging into sunshine,” further stating that “this…

for the new colony to be “A Model of Christian Charity,” the title of his commentary (Holland 5). In his sermon, he speaks of following the concept of Matthew 11, which says to love one’s neighbor as oneself, and states that, “this sensibleness and sympathy of each others conditions will necessarily infuse into each part a native desire and endeavor to strengthen, defend, pre- serve and comfort each other” (Holland 5). Ultimately, the colony was to be the infamous “City upon a Hill,” the…

Paul Laurence Dunbar and Langston Hughes both speak very strongly and courageously about their feelings towards this topic. They spoke out against slavery and racism throughout America. In "Sympathy" by Laurence Dunbar she talks about how the victims felt trapped and how they aren't being treated the same and feel like complete outcasts. They have no where to go and are continuously beaten with hopes there will be signs of freedom and a brighter tomorrow. They dream one day to be set free from…