OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation · J199
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A quality in writing that evokes sympathy or sorrow, especially through suffering or loss.
Revise: RomeThe description of her fading colour, coldness and failing strength creates pathos. Yet her final words remain those of a commander: she tells her trusted companion Acca to instruct Turnus to replace her and keep the Trojans from the city. Even while dying, she thinks about the defence of her people.
- Revise: Roman History and Epic Poetry
The quality in a description or story that arouses pity or sorrow for a character’s suffering.
- Revise: Justice, Revenge and Deceit
Language or description that evokes pity or sympathy for suffering.
4 more notes
- Revise: Narrative and Literary Techniques in the Odyssey
The creation of pity, sympathy or sorrow in an audience.
- Revise: Narrative Techniques, Style and the Divine in War Literature
- Revise: Depictions of Social Groups and Non-Combatants
An appeal to the audience’s sympathy or sorrow, often created by depicting suffering, helplessness or loss.
- Revise: Evaluating Military Themes and Social Realities
The quality in a literary scene that arouses pity or sorrow, often by showing vulnerability, suffering or loss.