Word: characterizations
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What is more disturbing than the License Commission's enforcement of the law, however, is its apparent belief that it can and should act as the arbiter of our collective moral worth. In a letter to The Crimson (published on January 9, 1998), Richard V. Scali, executive officer of the...
What D'Arcis's letter sketched out, documents left by 16th century nuns described in detail: the 14-ft.-long, herringbone-twill linen cloth of which the bishop spoke did bear the image of a naked and bearded man about 6 ft. tall, hair in a loose ponytail, back apparently...
Julia's character, however, is independently comedic. Loud and shrill, she is always having everyone search for her glasses (once literally, but constantly figuratively), only to find that they were actually in her purse all along. Stone is thoroughly funny, assuming endearing drunkenness without lessening her character's dignity. She...
In the almost optimistic final scene, Alex, Julia and the "Unidentified Guest" successfully resuscitate the Chamberlaynes' marriage by teaching them that each person must be comfortable with their isolation and live with their ultimate life decisions. Shaw's Mr. Chamberlayne is perhaps the weakest link in the play, if only...
By breaking away from the modern-day Midwestern world with A Thousand Acres and Moo, Jane Smiley has gambled--and won. The title character of The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton is much more than Laura Ingalls Wilder all grown up. Lidie confidently balances wonder and practicality...