Word: motif
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...history for a Lancelot to live with his own deceit. He buries his dagger in his own chest for brother-love, which is yet held above love for woman. Hasty critics have objected that such a tragedy belies human nature and should hinge more heavily on the sex motif. Which objection misses the gist of a drama laid at the roots of what Saxons have immemorially called their Idealism...
...tragedy of actors (and playwrights too) is the fickleness of the populace. Today's idol may be tomorrow's rubbish. In Trelawny the downfall of the old timers is the essential motif. But in the revival the audience showed that it had not forgotten its old favorites. John Drew (Vice Chancellor), now 73, was cheered mightily when he first looked from behind his newspaper in the second act. Mrs. Whiffen, 83, a nice old lady, was greeted with prolonged applause. The world still loves its illusions...
...when that lady can write a touching sonnet concerning a maid standing waiting at the gate and concluding with the illuminating statement that "it was the gate her true love gave her." That Miss Parker revels along with Miss Millay in the "back and sides go bare; go bare" motif is undeniable, but in spite of the fact that each writes amusing verse, that particular style probably savors more of the King James Bible than any, other one source. Not yet may Miss Millay have a school, although if she did Miss Parker would be a splendid pupil...
Love at first sight, complications and marriage, to a jazzy motif...
...marble "Greek Slave" in the Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington, which has the air at first glance of being a young woman clad only in police handcuffs. Aside from this bit of salesmanship by sex appeal, however, the contents of Your Body was almost humorously devoid of erotic motif. Ponderous, on cheap paper, its make-up was technically horrible...