Sympathies

Elizabeth deserves the reader’s sympathy because her husband committed adultery on her, he does not show any attention towards her, and whenever they are with or around each other, the tone and mood of the scene is very awkward. Elizabeth is always worried about John being alone or around Abigail, and when John stated, “She told it to me in a room alone – I have no proof for it” (Miller 53). Even John being alone in a room with Abby is enough to feel some sort of sympathetic feeling for Elizabeth

Human sympathy develops from one’s emotional reaction to other’s distress and suffering. But does a man who is ignorant and intolerant to one he truly adores deserve someone’s empathy? The core of human nature is love and compassion, but also evil and manipulation that up brings those emotions to one’s heart. In the heartbreaking play, Othello by William Shakespeare, a tragic hero is sympathized and forgiven effortlessly by the audience despite his wrong doings towards an innocent person. Tragic

that Holden doesn’t fit in and is an introvert in a world that seems to be full of extroverts, and lastly most of his views on adults and the world, although somewhat extreme are also accurate. All these factors are what help us as the readers find sympathy for Holden. As a child Holden was extremely close to his younger brother Allie, who passed away when Holden was only thirteen years old. His death greatly affected Holden, as seen when Holden breaks all the windows in his garage with his bare

Hester is being displayed to a small crowd of local townspeople for committing adultery. Most of the members in the crowd do not show sympathy for her actions. One of these members, a woman, first praises Hester for her meticulous skill at using a needle to shape the letter “A” on her dress, but questions why she would exhibit it in such a way. The woman, then, refers to Hester as making a mockery out of the law makers who meant the letter as a punishment. A young woman tries to silence dreadful

doing this I inflicted pain on the villagers, I abstained myself with berries, nuts, and roots…” (pg 78) The Creature feels terrible for the pain that he has caused them and shows compassion by changing his ways to protect the cottagers feelings. Sympathy is shown through the drastic changes in the Monster’s day to day life, he then willingly helps them will their everyday jobs, “When I

other to love and not fear. The creature thought that if she were beautiful and perfectly made that she would fear him instead of love him. He even said himself that he was alone. He even said my heart was fashioned to be susceptible of love and sympathy . To get Frankenstein to agree and make his mate he had promised to leave to south america and even never show him self to another person. But not only does he feel love he feels joy and happiness because when he was hiding under the wood and watching

To what extent do we feel sympathy for Torvald? At the end of the play, the dramatic focus is on Nora but then the focus shifts to Torvald in the closing scenes. She is the one leaving the oppressive husband; she’s the one who has had the self-realisation. Combined with the feminist theme and the fast paced nature of the closing scenes; the audience forgets what she is leaving in her wake. Her children no longer have a mother and Torvald’s marriage has collapsed around him. Some may say that he

However, these “bad” guys are depicted as protagonists, which is why they are supported. Heather Havirlesky, author of “No Sympathy for the Devil,” highlights how TV shows are filled with unethical protagonist in order to have the audience captivated. The jaw-dropping show, The Sopranos, intended us to perceive a bad guy as a hero. Havirlesky exemplifies, “The trick that David

Sympathy has a lot to do with what choices people make. The Boston Gazette appealed to people by giving their details of what happened the day of March 5th. It started off by describing the scene. British soldiers were depicted as provoking as a result of

and emotions flood the reader. Confusion, disgust, closure (and possibly even happiness) are all feelings that people have expressed once they’ve finished the script. The feeling that was most evident at the end of the play seemed to be a sense of sympathy. The reason why? Although he is seen as a negative character throughout, he has become this way because of the obvious effects of Lady Macbeth’s persuasion and dark nature. Throughout each act, his prospects seem to become more and more grim