Word: guilt
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...happily ever after, not because she is uncommonly weak, but because she is uncommonly real. In the closing scene of the novel, Ruby is forced to chose between leaving with her husband's brother and remaining as her husband comes home. Clearly, regardless of her decision, Ruby will face guilt and unhappiness. "Happily ever after" is not an option...
...play's governing force from the outset in the form of Bessie Smith's spirit, who croons the blues from behind an ephemeral scrim which effectively separates the realms of action. Casting a huge black shadow on the white of the gauzy scrim, she is a strong symbol of guilt hovering as an angel over a white world, and she is central to any success this show finds in its ability to condemn. Bessie's soulful vocal chords are those of Boston veteran actress Michelle Dowd, whose blues tunes are harmoniously accompanied by a talented on-stage guitarist, Lance Vallis...
References hinting slightly at the protagonist's guilt emerge again throughout the novel. At one point K. refuses to confess, for example, causing the reader to wonder what he could possibly have to confess. At another time, when K. gets lost while searching for the court, he observes that he should be able to find the court automatically since he has been told that the court is attracted by guilt...
...schedules with no classes on Tuesday and Thursday (and for any Big Lebowski fans out there), take a trip to Lanes and Games, a monster bowling alley which also features pool tables and a wild video game room. As you step into this futuristic world with your friends, all guilt about that Chaucer reading will disappear into a desperate need to beat the world at bowling or at least score in the triple digits. 9 a.m. to midnight, 195 Concord Tpke off Rt. 2 (Alewife T-stop). 876-5533. $3 to 4 for games, depending on candlepin or full size...
Lewinsky, a typical child of divorce--skilled, as many such children are, in secrecy, guilt tripping and seduction--found herself a new family in Washington. She was happy with them for a while, and they with her. And everyone's needs were met, as the therapists say. Papa Bill, Mama Linda and Baby Monica got what they wanted from one another, each in his own way. There was only one problem: they hardly knew each other. Let alone themselves...