We normally use this word to mean that someone is kindly and understanding towards another person: Mrs Jennings is sympathetic towards Marianne in Sense and Sensibility.
We could also write: Mrs Jennings is a sympathetic character. This would mean that we, as readers, sympathise with her, warm to her and like her.
For more on this character and novel, see my website: Classics of English Literature: essays by Barbara Daniels
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Thursday, 2 August 2012
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