He continues, "the bassoon and basses... assert vigorously who is the Captain of the Pinafore... in the improbable key of A flat minor.... Buttercup makes a last despairing attempt to make herself heard in D flat minor, but the others have never known that such an outlandish key existed.
He makes a sound of despair not dissimilar to a dog who has just found out all the bacon's been eaten up.
That has made Israelis feel safer, but it has made Palestinians feel that they live in a giant prison of poverty and despair, which makes a ripe breeding ground for fanatics and suicide bombers.
Polar exploration -- with its incredible hardships, its months of freezing isolation, darkness and despair -- makes an irresistible metaphor for a lonely and uncertain childhood.
Nowadays I think you could only make a film about despair".
Meanwhile, Peter is driven to utter despair and Claire makes an alarming discovery rewatching Adam and Grace's wedding video.
To prove that there's more to the band than the 1981 hit "Tainted Love," Soft Cell has just made a new album of despairing sentiments and terse electronic riffs; when Mr. Almond sings "Why don't I just give up and do myself a favor?" he clearly doesn't mean it.
"I tell you from the bottom of my heart that we are making a bad film," he despairs, eyes darting feverishly around the room.
The sense of desolation is broken only at the end of the movie, by a scene of children playing in the street, their innocent faces making a minimal claim against despair.
So instead of sinking into despair, make a plan.
