Jan Anderson's May is a foul-mouthed tough street person who is, ultimately, the only character who evokes genuine understanding and compassion.

They were considered to have a "direct line" to Heaven evoking God's mercies and compassion on suffering human beings.

Patients thus evoke compassion.

It evokes compassion without pity", with the depictions of Ian being "accurate and authentic".

But in all the clash of interests and values there is one particularly compelling voice that evokes empathy and compassion, that of Mrs. Coy, the patient.

The former evokes compassion, the latter fear.

But this is also a story told in the present tense, alert and teasingly satirical about its characters even as it evokes real compassion for their peculiarly Victorian plights.

In the words of theater critic Michael Handelzaltz, "It is a moving play, evoking compassion and identification.

Cases are infrequent, tending to occur in circumstances which evoke compassion rather than condemnation.

No doubt attempting to forestall criticism and evoke compassion, he began with the pregnancy, highlighting it twice.