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1. The British novelist Fay Weldon offers this observation about happy endings: "The writers, I do believe, who get the best and most lasting response from readers are the writers who offer a happy ending through moral development. By a happy ending, I do not mean mere fortunate events: a marriage or a last minute rescue from death; but some kind of spiritual reassessment or moral reconciliation, even with the self, even at death." Choose a novel or play that has the kind of ending Weldon describes. In a well-written essay, identify the spiritual reassessment or moral reconciliation evident in the ending and explain its significance in the work as a whole. Hatred and compassion are two different words that seem to have this weird connection all the time. A person cannot say that he is compassionate if he has hatred in his self. These two words can never be connected at the same time. The narrative poem, The Iliad, by Homer, focuses on the character's hatred towards each other to prove that they are better than the other. Some of the characters try to prove that they are far better than the other until it comes to the point that they put their lives at stake.
Although hatred and compassion are way different terms, one will not realize the destruction brought by hatred until they come to a point to grasp the value of compassion and forgiveness. It may take a while to understand the worth of this trait, but it will not matter as long as it is not too late. Although people become overpowered with hate and vengeance, a simple flicker of hope and compassion is all that takes to turn things around. For example, when Thetis talks to him, and asks him to accept the offerings, he says, "So be it: whose bring ransom let him take back the dead, if verily with heart's intent the Olympian bid it himself" (Homer 378). This shows that even though he says that he will not listen to his mother, he still has a space for forgiveness in his heart. This also shows that even if his heart is full of anger, he still finds a place for mercy. In addition, when Priam, father of Hector, implore Thetis to talk to Achilles, Priam says, "Lady, I will not disregard this [best of time], for good it is to lift up hands to Zeus, if happily he will have pity" (Homer 392). This shows that Priam humbles not just his pride, but also himself to anybody that can help him to get back the body of his son. He still put Achilles' decision in Zeus' hands. Furthermore, when Achilles presented Hector's body to Priam after being washed and anointe
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