Word: despairs
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...early demise. On the surface, there is palpable horror and profound sadness at any death of a young person with so much potential. Sometimes, though, if we are honest with ourselves, we may have the fortitude to resist the seemingly inevitable inertia ushering us towards unqualified despair. A.E. Housman found such a vision in his timeless “To an Athlete Dying Young,” when he bids a deceased youth farewell with the heartening words, “Now you will not swell the rout / Of lads that wore their honours out / Runners whom renown outran...
...eleventh-hour revelation, bringing B?ll and Amai together. B?ll looks to Amai to redeem him for what he's done, what he's made. And when Amai sees through B?ll's facade to his depressed, almost somnolent state, she recognizes a shadowy reflection of kyodatsu, "the condition of despair and exhaustion" that possessed the Japanese after the war, and begins to comprehend the price he paid for victory...
...contrast to the Irish situation, many potential peacemakers are themselves filled with despair. "There is so much ill will that neither side believes compromise is possible," says Orhan Pamuk, a prominent novelist who had offered his services as a negotiator in late 2000. Echoed Yucel Sayman, head of the Istanbul Bar Association: "Both sides have decided that death is the only solution." Local journalists say the public has lost heart and lost interest in the "death fast" and its cultish embrace of morbidity. The strikers appear to have mastered the science of dying, taking liquid and vitamins at a rate...
...eyes to the poetic expressiveness of the cinema. This fantastical film, which is about the fight of the individual against the forces of death, or destiny, is based on a Grimms fairy tale, and is in the German romantic tradition. Dr. Mabuse captures the essence of post-war despair and is a commentary on the dangers of political power. Dr. Mabuse is a master of disguises, and through him, Lang reveals the deceptive power of the cinema. Die Nibelungen had a large impact on Eisenstein and uses symbolism to convey the epic tale of Siegrfied and Brunhild
...eyes to the poetic expressiveness of the cinema. This fantastical film, which is about the fight of the individual against the forces of death, or destiny, is based on a Grimms fairy tale, and is in the German romantic tradition. Dr. Mabuse captures the essence of post-war despair and is a commentary on the dangers of political power. Dr. Mabuse is a master of disguises, and through him, Lang reveals the deceptive power of the cinema. Die Nibelungen had a large impact on Eisenstein and uses symbolism to convey the epic tale of Siegfried and Brunhild...