Sympathies

feelings from similar past experiences to recognize another person’s condition. People often interchange empathy and sympathy as the two words define almost identical qualities. Sympathy describes feelings of support and sorrow for others’ misfortune. The difference is, empathy implies being able to relate to another person’s situation because of one’s personal history, while sympathy does not need any previous experience related to others’ struggles. For example, when a friend breaks a bone, I can

In his play Agamemnon, Aeschylus initially invites the audience to sympathize with both Clytemnestra and Cassandra. While the sympathy towards Cassandra remains throughout the play, Clytemnestra's does not. Contradictorily, the audience is not invited to be sympathetic towards Agamemnon in the beginning, but this changes over the course of the play. At first, Aeschylus invites the audience to sympathize with Clytemnestra, but this changes as the play progresses. In the beginning of Agamemnon, Clytemnestra

deadly rattlesnake during a peaceful walk in the desert and he kills the snake in order to protect others. The author uses language and details of the snake, the man, and the setting to generate sympathy for the snake and empathy for the man. Language, details, and actions are used to make the readers feel sympathy for the snake. In the story, the snake is very relaxed, calm and non-aggressive. When the snake is first noticed, its head is not “drawn back to strike” the man. This shows that the snake is

those who they are compelled to protect. “The Rattler” is a short story in which a man kills a snake in order to protect others. In the story, language and details of the snake, the man, and the setting generate sympathy for the snake and empathy for the man. The reader generates sympathy through the personification of the snake due to the use of language and detail. The rattlesnake is first presented as calm and watchful. At the sight of the man “he” did not rattle, but looked upon the man with

Lauren Rostkowski 12B0 Dr. Bushey 31 October 2016 Sympathy for Strong Character Often in a work of literature, an author will create a set of characters whose purpose is to contrast their defining qualities. The purpose of this technique is to highlight the composure of a well-constructed individual and emphasize how these characteristics can lead to the discovery of the good life. The author may also call attention to a character’s persona by fabricating scenarios in which he or she is faced with

This article studies how the role of moral emotions effect the development in children who are sharing. The sympathy of the children were measured by self caregiver reports and self caregiver reports. The participants in the study anticipated their negative emotions and positive emotions. For example, feeling sad or mad or even happy or feeling good. These emotions either interfered with, or stayed within social norms. (The Role of Moral Emotions in the Development of Children's Sharing Behavior)

Jason Metters 4/11/24 Professor Daly US History Sympathy for the Devil- The Rolling Stones The history of the United States in the 1960s is expressed greatly in the culture of the time through several different forms of media including TV, newspapers, artwork, and songs. The music industry of the 1960s was a pivotal moment in the history of different music genres such as rock and roll. One song in particular that expressed the culture and impact of events that occurred in the time period was the

The novel The Master and Margarita is set during the Stalin period in the Soviet Union, but was written about ten years after the Stalin period by Mikhail Bulgakov. The story of the Master runs alongside with the story of Pontius Pilate being told to Berlioz and Ivan or Homeless by Woland. Throughout the novel Bulgakov refers to Pontius Pilate and speaks about him in an atypical way from what we previously know about Pontius Pilate. The story of Pilate in The Master and Margarita is different than

A feeling of sorrow for someone else’s misfortune is considered sympathy. Sympathy makes writing more relatable and more intriguing to read. When you feel sympathetic towards a character, you are making an important connection with that character so that you will want to keep reading. This is one of the many ways that authors engross their readers when they are writing a story. In the Odyssey, we as readers feel sympathetic towards the Cyclops because of his countless misfortunes. Many of his

Sympathy for Kathy In the novel and film “The Whistleblower” the authors and directors did great jobs making you really connect with characters and sympathize with more than one of them. It was a story that really made you feel an emotional rollercoaster, at least with me there was anger, sadness, frustration, confusion and more. At the same time as there were negative feelings there were the feelings of hope and cheering for certain characters. No matter what was going on I almost always felt some