![]() ![]() ![]() Both devices are used to help the audience become emotionally invested in the story. Conversely, the creator may show a character being kind for no apparent gain, to demonstrate that the character is a nice person and someone the audience is meant to cheer for. Why this trope works could be expressed in the words of William Cowper: I would not enter on my list of friends (though graced with polished manners and fine sense, yet wanting sensibility) the man who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. In other words, a cruel act, no matter how trivial, establishes someone as a cruel person. When a character does something evil, cruel or very mean for no apparent gain, because the author wants to demonstrate that he's not a nice guy and shift audience sympathy away from him.
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