Word: naivet
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Historical evidence suggests that this tragedy was not performed in Shakespeare's lifetime and that it may be unfinished. The play is short on action but saturated with emotion; Timon's flaw is his goodness and naivet; he is betrayed and ruined by his friends. The script has been cut significantly-from more than 50 characters to 10, and so you won't have to worry about being locked in for a four-hour tragedy. Timon in this production is being played by a woman, Julie Rattey, not to make any specific feminist point but because she's good...
...appear, laboring to push, as it were, out of the ether behind them. Then, in 1970, he unveiled a complete change. Inspired by the banal, ordinary objects in his apartment and studio, Guston began to paint shoes, books, easels, clocks and the like with a confident, almost crude, naivet, reveling in the physical nature of things, of paint and of the act of painting. The ensemble of 27 small paintings in A New Alphabet that together recreate a wall of Guston's Woodstock, N.Y. home circa 1970 neatly represents the range and form of Guston's new vocabulary. Indeed, each...
...dark and painfully funny. An exploration of possibilities that we are, understandably, reluctant to consider, the play calls upon us to simultaneously loathe, pity and identify with aspects of each of its characters. As we see more and more of our own petty, vindictive natures, self-delusionment, ambition and naivet played out on the stage before us, we come to understand this celebration of a love too strong to be destroyed and an anger too intense to be abandoned. When the final blackout comes, you _will_ be afraid...
...states "My mother was raped" and then immediately asks Lenny if she wants to play marbles with him. The juxtaposition of extreme violence with childhood innocence highlights the senseless nature of the adults' actions. Lenny's innocence remains, however, until the bitter, heartbreaking, and violent conclusion tears away her naivet. The film ends with a flash-forward to the year 1999 and a trite voice-over by a grown-up Lenny, leaving the audience with a highly unsatisfying finish that ruins the epic quality of the film...
Seniors are well familiar with this living landmark. First-years, in their naivet, are most likely under the impression that she is just another beggar, one of the colorful characters that defines the distinctive cityscape that so attracted them to Harvard in the first place. Little do they realize that she will soon become as constant a presence in their lives as map-wielding tourists in the Yard and soggy French fries in the dining hall. As they progress throughout their years at Harvard, choosing concentrations, moving into Houses, running for elections, writing theses and donning the cap and gown...