Word: eviler
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sweet soprano voice Flora (Lisa Zeidenberg) sings to her doll and prattles to her governess. Mile (Edmond John Donlon III) appears equally childish and pure. Although he sings rather shakily, not is as boisterous as a high-spirited little boy should be. But he is the center of the evil, and we soon learn that things have been done here that are not good...
...slightly mottled gloom, punctuated occasionally by the lurid light of a blood-red sky. Furtive figures frantically seek to escape this depressing darkness, a darkness that almost becomes a metaphor for Quint's malevolence. Clever special effects make the two ghosts seem especially spectral. While the evil former man-servant appears and vanishes high at the top of the tower. Miss Jessel is lit from below, a technique which illuminates her grotesquels painted face and casts an abnormally immense black shadow on the ceiling of the room. We are continually reminded by the lighting, as well as the words...
...Turn of the Screw is refreshingly simple and understated. It is an abstraction rather than an embellishment of the original tale This comparative starkness, us concentrate not on the twisting and turning the plot, but rather on the theme of the diabolical dimensions of evil. The ambiguous question remains whether the ghosts did physically return to harass the governess and her charges or whether they were a sort of mental residue that had not yet been erased from the minds of these abused children. The story never resolves this point, only concluding with the pessimistic realization that the good...
...believe in a strong defense," explained cold warrior Michael Caudill '87, "I think nuclear weapons are a necessary evil for the balance of power. Until there's away to gauge and regulate the Soviets, the U.S. should be wary of trying to reduce arms...
...mercenaries. Implicit in his argument is the assertion that Blacks can only have true friendships with one another; friendships with non-Blacks, he suggests, are motivated purely by self interest. While we recognize that racism continues to plague our country, we feel that the best way to overcome this evil is through interracial association. Such contact, rather than resulting in an abandonment of cultural identity, leads to better understanding among all ethnic groups...