Men Should Weep

instinct towards such a situation should be remorse for the death, however, they evade the entirety of it by suggesting "we never done nothing." This shows how the boys' morality is flawed, as they are not even obliged by the aspect that they should "weep" for another's death. It is essentially the human instinct to do so, which shows the contrast between how indifference makes humans seem like animals due to our dire concern less attitude towards what potentially should be concerning. By the same token

to the audience. The first and most used rhetorical technique that is used throughout Brutus’s speech is pathos. Pathos is a quality to evoke emotions. When he says things like “die all slaves” and “free all men” stimulate a sense of fear among the citizens. He also uses language like “I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it…” to help create a mournful tone to look innocent and sympathetic. This connects him with the audience which makes him more persuasive.

recitation of his tale is not for the edification of others, but for the relief of his own agony. Yes, his tale has a moral. For, the narrator writes of the wedding guest, “A sadder and a wiser man, / He rose the morrow morn” (81). But making his fellow men wiser, though sadder, is not his business. His is a self-interested, individualistic endeavor. One is curious as to the roots of the Romantic poet’s emphasis upon the individual, a shift from the eighteenth century’s literary

that Kate. Kate is so envious that she really wants revenge. “I will go sit and weep/ Till I can find occasion of revenge”(2.i.35-36). Baptista, their father, tries to convince Bianca’s suitors to marry Kate so he can marry Bianca off, but they all don’t show any inclination into wanting Katerina. “Mates, maid? How mean you that? No mates for you unless you were of a gentler, milder, mold" (I,i, 58 - 60).

ANSWER KEY: SHORT ANSWER STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS - Romeo and Juliet Act I 1. Why do Sampson and Gregory fight with Montague's men? Sampson and Gregory are servants of the Capulet family, which has been feuding with the Montague family for quite some time. The feud has reached proportions involving all members and servants of both households. 2. Benvolio and Tybalt come upon the servants fighting. Contrast their reactions to the fight. Benvolio tries to break up the fight, but Tybalt

off, in the unindented paragraphs someone is telling a family member of a soldier that they should not weep for war is kind, in both of the indented paragraphs the third line states “These men were born to drill and die”(Crane). In the third line Crane reveals what war is truly like and what the soldiers true purpose is to the reader after he tells the family members in a sort of mocking tone to not weep for war is kind. “War is Kind”(Crane). Is a very structured poem but on the other hand you have

masculine citizen as well, as there is a “Swift, blazing flag of the regiment/ Eagle with crest of red and gold” that is leading the men into battle, the country is their leader and they will lay in “a field where a thousand corpses lie” just to follow the flag into battle. It will be that same flag that will be the “bright splendid shroud” that the dead soldier’s mother will weep on,

Restless, confused, and lost, Roman common folk gather at the funeral of their leader Caesar, needing reassurance and guidance from noble and honorable men that they trust. Those men would soon step up to the sea of Romans and attempt to calm the quickly brewing storm. Among those men would be Mark Antony and Marcus Brutus. Both men present speeches, including their opinions on Caesar's leadership, ethics, heart and death. While they both attempt to use rhetorical devices and persuasive tactics,

heroes. When Antony stands up on the stage and starts presenting his speech he says, “For Brutus is an honorable man; so are they all, all honorable men..” (Shakespeare 3.210-11). Antony uses a sarcastic tone to provide the double meaning of “honorable” to show that the conspirators are not truly honorable. Antony continues to say that they are “honorable men” each time speaking with more and more power in his voice. Antony causes the audience to reconsider what Brutus had previously spoken and makes

Poetry Essay Have you ever lost loved ones to war? War and violence is essentially the constant theme throughout the majority of Stephen Crane’s works. His background has a huge impact on the subject matter for his poems. In “War is Kind”, Crane uses irony and imagery to establish that in fact, War is evil and cruel. Stephen Cranes life began on November 1,1871. He was the son of a Methodist minister. However he rejected religious and social traditions. His ambitious nature led him to write “Maggie