It's not the outlandish plot that intrigues me, but the way in which Handel presents this woman who begins the opera already slightly unhinged by her grief, and sculpts her downfall into one of the greatest scenes of madness ever written, yet never once resorting to caricature.
The Yankees' 1980s demise and downfall continued into the early 1990s and was at its frustrating peak in 1994, when they finished with the best record in the American League in a season that was prematurely halted by the 1994 95 Major League Baseball strike, which left New York sports fans disappointed that Mattingly had not played in a postseason despite being poised to do so that year.
In Slagman's opinion, "what Hirschbiegel does really well is turn history into entertainment and – in the case of Downfall – into awe-inspiring art".
Using open-sourced software, public domain sounds, a copyright-free image of Cornelis Cornelisz's The Fall of Man, and a Competition Pro ("THE classic gaming joystick of the Commodore era," Roy tells The Creators Project), they've turned the tale of Adam and Eve's downfall into an arcade-style point-and-shoot, adventure.
Obama has managed to turn issues – such as race – that others believed would be his downfall into his triumph.
To put their recent downfall into context, Inter were 13 points ahead of city rivals AC Milan after ten league matches earlier this season and now find themselves one point behind the Rossoneri.
United played a part in their own downfall in the 66th minute when Sean Dillon was drawn into bringing down Jim O'Brien in the penalty area.
Now that bittersweet narrative, so far known only in fragments, has emerged, offering insights into Ponzi's downfall, the machinations of the press, and one momentous week that rocked the financial world nearly 90 years ago.
He tells me he's always loved a challenge: "Never give into downfall, that is the secret to longevity.
In the wake of President Mubarak's downfall, he fought the drift into religious authoritarianism under the Brotherhood-affiliated Mohamed Morsi.
