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…taken away to serve the White men. As Douglass states on page 1954, "What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant…

…way of thinking. Estella's cruelty comes from her suffering, and now after being under miss Havisham's power for so long she is incapable of emotions and is damaged, but she doesn't like being this way. Miss Havisham has created her into a snob; she…

…mortal thoughts and asked to be filled from head to toe with the direst cruelty could not kill the King for when she saw him she had stated that the King had resembled her father when he was sleeping. As the play progresses she had lost that cruelty she…

…that though a victim of many cruelties, she has chosen to in turn bring cruelty upon Tom, and she must not be excused for this. As he points out, Mayella wants to protect herself by placing her guilt onto Tom, knowing that her actions will bring about his death…

…strength and ruthless urge to fight (Graves 9). However, Ares is also sometimes associated with vultures and dogs. He delights in the pure destruction of war, and enjoys seeing people suffer (Van Aken 18). The true testament of his cruelty however lies within…

…not been filled from top to toe with "direst cruelty"? She is aware, too, that dwelling on the moral aspect of the murder "will make us mad". The Better Criminal? - She seems to be the better criminal; she remembers the details that Macbeth has overlooked, "Why…

…Christians. He shows this when he says, “I hate him for he is Christian”(I iii 39). He is almost basing his whole dislike for Antonio on his religion. Shylock’s cruelty causes him to be punished. Portia tells him, “Thou hast contrived against the very life…

…". The rhetorical technique of description and example furthers our understanding of the depths of the stepmother's cruelty in the tale. The author paints a picture of both Hansel and Gretel imprisoned in a room in the vivid imagery. The stepmother "often ill-treated…

…that they had been transformed into road laborers and pack animals. Army supplies of all kinds were loaded on their backs, and, stumbling under the burdens and driven by the whips and bayonets of the Turks, they were forced to drag their weary bodies…

…that they had been transformed into road laborers and pack animals. Army supplies of all kinds were loaded on their backs, and, stumbling under the burdens and driven by the whips and bayonets of the Turks, they were forced to drag their weary bodies…