Word: dilemna
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Ultimately, both religion and psychology fail in their earthly mission, as Rose escapes her dilemna with suicide. In the last scene, however, a philosophical post mortem takes place, in which Greene contrasts the pessimism of the psychologist with the hope of the priest. Reinforcing this contrast is the subordinate theme of the heroine's two maiden aunts. Both Catholics, they have attempted to escape thoughts of death by closing all rooms in which their relatives have died. Presumably, Aunt Teresa's final decision to sleep in the living room where her niece has committed suicide represents Greene's idea...
...final piece as a sharp contrast to the symbolism of the first and the morality of the second is both superficial and amusing. This fantasy Smith: A Masque by Alison Lurie describes the dilemna of a young graduate who must choose a life's work. The graduate played by Tom Kennedy must select among Junno and wealth, Venus and artistic fame or Minerva and scholarship. Smith an obstinate fellow will have none of them and the goddesses immediately dispatch him to points unmentionable. Despite an overlong ending, the performance is thoroughly enjoyable...
Elimination of the name of Phoebe Champion '52, former Council secretary, from yesterday's 'Cliffe class officer ballots, has failed to solve an Annex constitutional dilemna for both the Dean's Office and the Radcliffe Student Council...