...positive view of slavery through the realities he experiences as a slave. Douglass, an educated slave, wrote the memoir after escaping to freedom as a means of informing the public about slavery as an abolitionist. Douglass utilizes emotional by detailing events that occurred during his time as a slave in order to evoke pity, anger, and fear in order to compel his audiences to regard the institution of slavery as deplorable. Douglass tends to highlight instances in which slave’s personal relationships are destroyed in order...
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...Writing a Short Literature Review William Ashton, Ph.D. York College, CUNY A student began a short literature review on the stigma of the mentally ill and perceptions of dangerousness. Working through PsychArticles she found three likely articles. When she read each, she wrote a paragraph description of each: Alexander, L.A., & Link, B.G. (2003). The impact of contact on stigmatizing attitudes towards people with mental illness. Journal of Mental Health, 12, 271-289. Alexander and Link (2003) examined the stigma of mental illness, perceptions of dangerousness and social distance in a telephone survey. They found that, as a participant’s own life contact with mentally ill individuals increased, participants were both less likely to perceive a target mentally ill individual in a vignette as physically dangerous and less likely to desire social distance from the target. This relationship remained after controlling for demographic and confound variables, such as gender, ethnicity, education, income and political conservatism. They also found that any type of contact – with a friend, a spouse, a family member, a work contact, or a contact in a public place – with mentally ill individuals reduced perceptions of dangerousness of the target in the vignette. Corrigan, P. W., Rowan, D., Green, A., Lundin, R., River, P., Uphoff-Wasowski, K., White, K., & Kubiak, M.A. (2002). Challenging two mental illness stigmas: Personality responsibility and dangerousness....
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...In Edgar Allan Poe's story, "The Black Cat," the theme of the story was that he was feeling hatred towards his cats. The narrator of the story was having problems with his temper towards his cat. In this story, he started explaining what was happening to him before the incidents with the cats. He had said, "I grew, day by day, more moody, more irritable, more regardless of the feelings of others" (Poe). The narrator of the story was beginning to get more irritated with the car as time had went on, and it shown by the way he was beginning to act. He was not acting as nice towards the feline and he would get more snippy than usual towards the cat. The attitude was just for the cat, none of the other animals that him and his wife had owned....
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...There is no debating the monster’s actions were wrong .Nevertheless if he is examined from a humane perspective and seen as a victim of poor development, the monster can be seen as deserving pity. The monster does good deeds, and is rewarded with pain; he is maltreated by his father and suffers from symptoms of body dysmorphic disorder that contributes to his suicidal ideas. The monster was rejected by humanity in spite of his attempts to be good, because of this he experiences many side effects of social exclusion; this is a reason to pity him. Those who try to fit in but still experience rejection, usually experience negative, wayward emotions. The monster is no different, he to help a family in a cottage, save a girl from drowning and to...
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...Rich People: disadvantaged, annoyed, and bitterness When I think of rich people, I feel that there should not be rich people since the majority of people in the United States are living below poverty. I feel disadvantaged, because I work hard every day and can barely make ends meet; however, the rich are consumed with greed and their extravagant lifestyles. I am easily annoyed with the rich, because they are not genuine and are experts at faking their feelings. Bitterness overtakes me when I think about how the rich gloat over attention and waste dollars to be on top of the well known. I think that all rich people are spoiled to some degree, have never missed a meal, or had their electric cut off. My attitude towards rich people is that they are wasteful and will do whatever it takes to be on top of the world. Although, they have wealth, they would not hesitate to covet the wealth of others. Some rich people are deserving of their fortune because they have worked hard and occasionally give to the less fortunate. On the other hand, most rich people inherit their fortune and don’t appreciate it - that makes me angry. When they attend social events, they like to be seen and heard “showoff”. From my personal experience, I grew up in a poor family, where we relied on government assistance to provide the basic necessities, such as, food, clothing, and housing. Often times, we did not have enough money to eat and our electric was disconnected on several occasions. I learned...
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...appear horrid and vile until the monster’s background information is presented to the reader. Having all the pieces of the puzzle changes one’s perspective which changes the opinion of the reader and characters. In Frankenstein the full presentation of the monster’s background information and thoughts helps the reader sympathize with the monster’s otherwise evil actions. Victor Frankenstein creates his creature and abhors the physical appearance of the monster. Having been abandoned, the creature seeks out the basic necessities to life; food, water, and shelter. Without anyone to guide him the monster must learn to survive and the first sparks of sympathy and pity bloom inside the reader. The monster survives and continues to grow, the many emotions he faces are then shared by the reader; his happiness, his sorrow, and his anger. Shelley provides the reader with the beginning of the monster’s life to weave a tale of...
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...hogs Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot, While round us bark the mad and hungry dongs, Making their mock at our accursed lot. If we must dir—oh, let us nobly die, So that our precious blood may not be shed In vain; then even the monsters we defy Shall be constrained to honor us though dead Oh, kinsman! We must meet the common foe; Though far outnumbered, let us show us brave, And for their thousand blows deal one deathblow! What though before us lies the open grave? Like men we’ll face the murderous, cowardly pack, Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!(Mckay, 1919). To describe Clause Mckay’s role and importance within the Harlem Renaissance we shall look at his poems. Overall the author is expressing anger over the whites being racist and killing the slaves who fought back, also is unhappy about the war that is taking place and is trying to express his feelings trough his poems. Poems such as If we must die gave a sense of moving forward and pursuing the dream of freedom to the slaves who had started fighting back the whites. The evidence of “double-consciousness” in the poem If we must die, is apparent throughout the poem for example where the author says “If we must die—let it not be like hogs” the author gives and impression as if he is talking about a hunting game, where in reality he is referring to the war going on between the whites and the blacks and encouraging the blacks to fight back and win the freedom or die for a better cause...
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...do with who you are, how you present yourself, the way in which you speak and your individual character or integrity. He said that “We believe good men more fully and more readily than others.” An example of this appeal is a speaker who says “I’ve served in the Senate for 24 years…,” an appeal from the speaker’s experience. Pathos involves stirring up people’s emotions and includes appeals to people’s pity, anger, fear, hope, and the like. An example of an emotional appeal is the anti-gun advocate who says, “We must outlaw guns if our children are to be kept safe,” an appeal to the listener’s fears and values. Finally, logos is argumentation and includes arguments, data, statistics, and all types of reasoning. An example of a logical appeal is the statement “Research data demonstrates that commuters have a much higher stress factor than those who work at home,” an appeal to statistics. In considering which of the three is the most powerful, we should be aware that Aristotle didn’t think much of the emotional appeal. He wrote, “The arousing of prejudice, pity, anger, and similar emotions has nothing to do with the essential facts, but is merely a personal appeal to the man who is judging the case.” At the same time he did not give much credence to the ethical appeal. His preference was that the logical appeal was the most important because he conceived of rhetoric as...
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...already reached the destination. For example, when Teiresias tells Oedipus that he is the cause of Thebe’s plague, Oedipus says to him, “Your infantile riddles! Your damned abracadabra!” (Sophocles 24). He is basically getting angry because he believes that Teiresias is threatening his power. Similarly, Othello is blinded by his trust in Iago that he falls for all of his tricks. Othello becomes envious and Iago uses this to his advantage. All of Iago’s tricks eventually lead to Othello’s downfall by making him trust the wrong person and kill all the people who would’ve had a positive effect on his life. The prophecy and Iago cause the audience to evoke frustration because they don't want the heros to have a bad ending. The audience also conveys pity with Othello and...
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...various ways. I will be writing how love is presented in poetry and how it links to the famous hear breaking novel “Romeo and Juliet”. In the play “a woman to her lover” written by Christina Walsh, the narrator gives her husband revised wedding vows which reveal that she will not accept being pushed around by him in their marriage. “go – I am no doll to dress and sit for feeble worship.” The narrator refuses to be objectified when she states “I am no doll”; the keyword “doll” conveys being lifeless and not having any power. The phrase “doll to dress” also possesses a hard alliterative “D” which conveys the narrator’s anger at the mistreatment of women. To add to this, we also witness men having power over woman in the poem “Havisham”. Carol Ann Duffy takes on the persona of Charles Dickens’ famous character “Miss Havisham” who is a bitter character who is filled with anger and hatred towards her ex-fiance who jilted her at the altar. Miss Havisham is now old and still carries her deep cruisifieng memories which lead her to depression and imprisoning herself in her own home. “Beloved sweetheart basted.” This strong oxymoron suggests that Miss Havisham continues to dwell on the memories of her long lost man. This quote also highlights that her emotions are clearly in conflict with one another and will continue to do so throughout her life if she does not move on. The words “beloved” and “basted” are two completely different words which both carry their own meanings. The narrator has...
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...remedy, no way to cure the damage once it’s done. Come while there’s still time, think hard: how can you fight off the Argives fatal day?” (9.301-305) When Achilles waits and does not fight, he continues to gain honor. His value and need increases and his honor are increasing daily. On the other hand, Odysseus brings up a very good point. He talks about the possibility of losing everything if Achilles waits too long. It might be too late for Achilles to save everyone and gain his honor. The urgency that Odysseus tells Achilles is another method of persuasion. Lastly, an alternative reason to why Achilles should join the war effort is given by Odysseus. “But if you hate the son of Atreus all the more, him and his trove of gifts, at least take pity on all our united forces mauled in battle here--- they will honor you, honor you like a god.”(9.364-367) Odysseus understands that Achilles does not want to fight under Agamemnon. He also understands that he doesn’t want to give in to Agamemnon’s gifts and his orders. With this in mind, Odysseus offers an alternative way to accept the offer of Agamemnon,...
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...Wilfred Owen wrote his poems as an attempt to stop the war and to make people realise how horrific it was. In a thorough examination of the poems "Anthem for Doomed Youth", "Dulce et Decorum Est" and "Disabled" and also with some reference to other works by Owen, it can be seen that he uses different poetical features, styles and methods. Wilfred Owen addresses his readers from different stances right up to him addressing the reader personally. This method is very effective in evoking feelings from great anger and bitterness to terrible sadness and even sarcasm, making the reader sometimes even feel guilty. Whichever way he chooses to portray the pity of the war the end result is always the same. "Dulce Et Decorum Est" is a direct attack at the people in Britain who had been taken in by the propaganda drive by telling them the truth of what life is really like at the front and in what conditions their sons, fathers, brothers etc. are in. "Dulce Et Decorum Est" consists of four unequal stanzas, the first two in sonnet form, and the last two in a looser structure. The first stanza sets the scene of soldiers limping back from the front. The authorial stance is of Owen telling us of his own personal experiences. The second stanza focuses on one man who could not get his gas mask on in time. This is a recurring nightmare that Owen has, where he sees one man "drown" in the gas and in the third stanza he describes how the man "plunges" at Owen, "guttering, choking, drowning." This...
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...in him, that at his will be may do danger with. Th’ abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power; and, to speak truth of Caesar, I have not known when his affections sway’s” (II, i, 14-20). When Brutus was thinking to himself, He started to realize that Caesar didn’t have pity for others and that his heart didn’t come before his head. Most people would like think that Antony gave a better funeral speech but he didn’t. Antony decided to trick the townspeople with reverse psychology while Brutus was just giving valid points. Antony was fuming with anger and was still filled with raw emotions from Caesar’s death that happened just hours earlier. As he covered his anger and followed his directions set by the conspiracy, he steered the wheel and persuaded the townspeople to go for him by slowly starting a riot. Before the funeral even started, Antony spoke to Caesar’s dead body with no one around. On page 124, he showed how angry he was by saying “Domestic fury and fierce strife shall cumber all the parts of Italy; blood and destruction shall be so in use, and dreadful objects so familiar, that mothers shall smile when they behold their infants quartered with the hands of war, all pity chok’d with custom of fell deeds; and Caesar’s spirit, ranging for revenge” (III, i, 263-270). Antony used reverse psychology by telling the crowd on page 136, “O masters! If i were dispos’d to stir your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage, I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong, who...
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...Nick Perrier-Strand 3/30/2009 Study of disabilities With out pity I couldn’t ever imagine what these families felt, when they new there was something wrong with their child, if he wasn’t breathing correctly or he was missing limb. Holding your breath standing their in shock wondering what I did to deserve this or how I am going to cope with this; is he ever going to live a normal life? The With Out Pity Documentary was truly captivating in so many ways, it really shows you that you need to enjoy life, cause no matter what there is always going to be someone who has to overcome something far greater then you will ever imagine. That boy with no limbs really set the peak for truly amazing and unbelievable; how he was able to get around by rolling like a barrel; in my mind he could truly inspire a whole nation with his accomplishments. I truly respect the family of that little boy for not pitying him; they made him work for everything from the dinner table to the farm, they didn’t want him to get used to the idea of pity and having everyone feel sorry, they wanted to give him the idea that there is hope for the future and that he is still capable of doing so many things. Another inspirational story in the Documentary I really enjoyed was the man married to the women with cerebral palsy, two people truly in love and over coming the stereo types and difficulties of everyday life. He even had a child with her to show his true commitment to her, and...
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...amongst others, a young girl by the name of Mary Grace, gives Ruby the verbal threat of telling her to go back to hell where she came from and calling her an old wart hog. Offended and confused, Ruby goes home. As the day passes, her anger moves away from the girl who attacked her to now being angry at god. Ruby simply cannot comprehend why God sent her, the good, respectable Ruby Turpin, such a horrible message. She is angry and find herself yelling at God, until suddenly she has a vision. The vision dismantles the image Ruby has drawn of herself, and perceived of other people and of the world. At the end of the story, Ruby is given grace by God. The verbal and physical violence is what stimulated Ruby Turpin’s spiritual awakening. The violence found in this short story is not only a destructive force, but also seems to be productive with a divine and spiritual purpose. In the waiting room, what Ruby describes to be an “ugly girl” with the significant name of Mary...
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