Word: tragic
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...semitic show" and strip it of all pretensions of heroism or resolution. Their production revolves around Shylock, played by Tim Foley '98. He is a tall, grave man whose dignity is slowly eroded by a festering hatred of the Christians who persecute his nation. He becomes a sort of tragic hero, bound to the stereotype of the Jewish usurer, who can only mourn the loss of his daughter by mourning the money she takes with her in her flight. Foley commands the attention of his audience, charging his "hath not a Jew eyes" soliloquy with a vindictive conviction, skillfully opening...
...since the fine Heartsongs collection. She has developed herself as a chronicler of memory, and her protagonists in these stories are more psychologically compelling than even the strongest characters in Heartsongs. The past bleeds silently and met seamlessly into the present, or snaps back like a whip, and what tragic consequences may come from present actions seem to grow organically and necessarily from the past: a man freezes to death, defeated by a curse and by the unforgiving wind; a boy gives his life to the empty and futile myth of the western bullrider, the memory of his abandoning father...
Ironically, the pro-democracy protest succeeded in turning the people against the government and the government against the people. Was the escalation of tension between the government and the people a tactical mistake? If so, should the student movement accept part of the responsibility for the tragic outcome...
Ironically, the pro-democracy protest succeeded in turning the people against the government and the government against the people. Was the escalation of tension between the government and the people a tactical mistake? If so, should the student movement accept part of the responsibility for the tragic outcome...
NATO has reacted with a forthright apology and expression of "deep regret." This may not placate the Chinese, but given the circumstances, it is the best NATO can do. In times of war, such unintended mishaps are bound to occur. The inevitability of such incidents makes them no less tragic, but it is important not to inflate the significance of such events out of proportion...