Sentence examples for dramatic contradictions from inspiring English sources

He roots "Hamlet" in an actual place -- Manhattan -- and employs the dramatic contradictions of contemporary New York City for all of their tremendous possibilities.

At the end, still witty but suddenly moving, the author reflects, "In my youth, I was fascinated by dramatic contradictions in character; in age I am far more interested in those consistencies wherein lie greatness like Washington's throughout his career, or overwrought conscience like Adams's, throughout his".

This productive and dramatic contradiction made the novela de la tierra the literary tradition within which and counter to which new novelistic projects were measured.

But Hamilton understands the border mentality, and his tensile prose -- with its shifting images of heat and cold, light and dark -- reflects the dramatic, often violent contradictions of people who live on the edge of the world.

(Jill Lepore, its author, is addicted to short, dramatic sentences and occasional contradictions).

The "duality of utopia and disaster," in Crowley and Pavitt's words, was apparent in contradictions so dramatic as to seem patently absurd: in fashion, the impulse to bare more skin and the parallel urge to encase the body in armor were often at work in the same outfit.

A few months ago the president of the United States was making speeches about income inequality; the new mayor of New York placed that issue front and center in his inaugural address; and the pope, of course, was drawing the most attention the issue by pointing out the contradictions between dramatic income inequality and the teachings of the Catholic Church.

The term dramatic literature implies a contradiction in that literature originally meant something written and drama meant something performed.

Most of the problems, and much of the interest, in the study of dramatic literature stem from this contradiction.

In fact, the unique character doesn't stand in contradiction to the dramatic action, but provides its essential component.

The most dramatic illustration of America's confusion, contradictions and degraded credibility is its inability to stop the forward motion of the Palestinian bid for U.N. recognition.