Lieven is both honest and sympathetic in rendering his verdicts: neither the Russian nor the Austrian leaders found an answer to their nationalities question.
It is a highly sympathetic and respectful rendering of Chaplin's life.
Jowett argues that Cordelia's assimilation within the main group is due largely to her relationship with main character Xander, and she is rendered sympathetic to the audience once they witness her rebuff the peer pressure from her old friends.
Undine is an extreme case of the unlikable person rendered perplexingly sympathetic by her desires.
And his style, and his burden of suffering, render him sympathetic, worthy of sympathy, in Solondz's eyes.
She renders Bill sympathetic but also vain and shallow, the kind of woman who congratulates herself for being generous to the help.
Jesus, rendered as sympathetic to everyone irrespective of their politics, reaches a provocative conclusion when Alice, who has been raped, asks where in the Bible he opposes abortion.
Analysts also say that William Ford, the slave owner played by Benedict Cumberbatch (who has slavery issues in the family closet), has also been rendered less sympathetic on screen than he was in the book.
