Word: paralleling
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...given the traditionally Orphic characteristic of compulsive creativity and is now a poet. The changes to Eurydice are the strongest aspect of the updated story. In addition to giving the myth a much-needed feminist boost, the two stories of Orpheus on Earth and Eurydice in Hades create a parallel structure—Eurydice comes to accept her reality and Orpheus rejects his, heightening the tension between the two characters, who don’t directly interact (except in scenes that take place in Orpheus’s imagination) until the final scene.Both characters have a sounding board and interlocutor...
...vital flow of almost a billion dollars in annual foreign aid. It may seem a stretch to assume that an organization committed to the annihilation of Israel and with a long history of brutally murdering innocent civilians is capable of such fundamental change. However, to draw an incomplete parallel, at the start of Ariel Sharon’s term as Prime Minister of Israel, no one would have ever predicted that he would advocate an Israeli pullout from the Gaza Strip. When asked how his political beliefs as Prime Minister had changed so drastically from his far-right days...
...dancing to death without inducing whiplash. In combining two plays written in a similar style but years apart, Gentry has created a hybrid that meshes surprisingly well. The male and female characters don’t interact directly, but their roles enhance each other, especially in segments that are parallel between the two—for example, a woman’s monologue on rape is mirrored by a scene among the men about being wrongly accused of rape.This adaptation is so seamless that it became difficult to conceive of the two plays as separate entities. The actors were given...
This fun fact comes from a recent study by scientists at Germany’s Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, which set out to test whether behaviors observed in the wild were the result of cooperation or coincidentally parallel self-interest. A chimpanzee was placed in a cage, outside of which was a plank with a piece of food. By pulling on two ropes simultaneously, the chimp could pull the food close enough to reach...
...First of all, it is not very parallel to '94. It is a little parallel to earlier periods where presidents had low poll ratings. It may be more like '78 when Carter was in a little bit of trouble, or '74 for Republicans, or '50 for Truman. My simple-minded theory is that the Democrats are wrong on both policy and implementation. The Republicans are right on policy, but failing on implementation...