Umali Hall affair is another thing, and a student production that aims for a Grecian accomplishment is far from effortless. ... Hecuba's queenly stature was expressed in shiny red and gold. ... Her blindness did little to quench her smart and headstrong personality, and it also expressed her beauty and her attitude on the situation. ... Their presence gave a whole other dimension to the story, they expressed the sentiments of a group of people that is directly involved with the events of Troy and the heart of the characters. ...

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Participants were then read a children's story and given the empathy measure again, to see if they expressed more empathy after hearing about a sympathetic protagonist. ... Although young children can correctly express empathy toward others, empathic abilities do appear to increase as one grows older and is able to view the world in a less egocentric manner (Piaget, 1966). ... These results indicate that storytelling did increase the empathy expressed by participants. ...

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