Word: tragical
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...these examples that I turn when I try to cope with this week's tragic events. After mourning today, we must celebrate Purim in some way despite what has happened--and because of it. For to do so is an affirmation of life. It is an expression of our faith that things can and will get better...
...husband's basic good will, and freights Lady Windemere with melancholy. Her lines make her seem flighty and naive, but Amendola spaces them, pausing between delivery so that rather meaningless observations lilt in her mouth with undo contemplation. From her opening scenes with Lord Darlington, one expects a tragic conclusion based simply on Amendola's tone of voice...
...seems like a cruel tale of urban lore too tragic to be true. A naive student from a small town overseas comes to the big city. Only hours after he steps off the plane, all his Ph.D. dissertation research is stolen after he leaves his briefcase and bike unattended for a few minutes. Years of research vanish; even his passport and diary disappear...
Unfortunately, the cynicism of the present prevents Loman's plight from being "universal," a necessary condition of any tragedy that hopes to inspire the identification of the audience with the tragic figure. The play thus becomes largely divorced from present societal concerns...
Particularly problematic is the depiction of women as either whores or dish-rags. Elizabeth Franz's Linda, the only female character (out of five) with more than 10 lines, cries her way through the play, lacking the agency to stop Willy's tragic plight, or at least plead ignorance. Franz plays the part in all Miller's intended misogyny, unaware of any alternative interpretation for a complex character who keeps her family together in the most harrowing of times. Her affectedly frail voice and inability to complete a scene without crying are a true source of anguish to the viewer...