Word: characterizations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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For instance, Lambert describes legendaryHarvard coach Harry Parker as a "willfulcharacter," explaining that the phrase "Don't takeNo for an answer--neatly defines a willfulcharacter." He tells us that "many of Harry'sathletes identify him as the best and mostimportant teacher they had at Harvard." Lambertgoes on to say that...
The actors, on the whole, are an extremely intelligent bunch who obviously understand the subtle emotional levels of the characters. The characters are for the most part men and women attempting desperately to fit themselves into acceptable family roles and stereotypes (the alcoholic father, the oppressed and dreamy mother, the...
Clinton has disappointed me, Starr has angered me, Tripp has disgusted me, and Lewinsky has embarrassed me, but it took Charles Krauthammer to really tick me off [ESSAY, Sept. 28]. His commentary "Clinton's Pyrrhic Victory" implies that the two-thirds of the American public who support Clinton are mindless...
Gaudi was obsessively pious, especially in his old age. He used to shuffle around the streets of his city nibbling on crusts of bread and seeking alms for the building of the Sagrada Famolia. He hated liberalism and was devoted to everything most penitential and reactionary in Spanish Catholicism. He...
Many fans of E. Annie Proulx were dismayed when they heard that the lead character in her award-winning novel The Shipping News would be played in the film version by JOHN TRAVOLTA. Looks as if they had good reason. The movie, which was to be directed by FRED SCHEPISI...