Sentence examples for mighty themes from inspiring English sources

For the concerns of modern plays are picayune compared with the mighty themes, heightened emotions and eternal conflicts that defined ancient Greek theater.

We flit from one section to the next, as mighty themes are laid down – death and life, creativity and psychic terror – while humour and the domestic quotidian are never far away.

Death and grief and spiritual renewal, the brutality of war and the moral responsibility of those who bear witness to it: mighty themes are chewed over exhaustively in "The Deer House," a dance-theater work from Jan Lauwers and the Brussels-based Needcompany.

Is it inherent in postmodernism that, no matter the subject, such emotions are likely to be held at bay? "To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme," as Melville declares in "Moby-Dick"; but such mightiness may be precluded by a mode of writing whose ground bass is irony rather than empathy.

It's a reality show about all that's comprised by the word partying, a mighty theme indeed, but the good-looking kids of Kaanapali just have no words with which to form listenable dialogue.

The Life of Mr Jonathan Wild the Great is a succinct study of a mighty theme, yet it is one that employs humour and satire as a way of conveying its moral.

In this novel, the apparently mighty theme of John Henry, though attacked from every angle, refuses to yield a unifying resonance that would incorporate J. Sutter and his very contemporary predicament, that of a talent lost in "the brittle domain of irony" and selling itself short in cranking out promotion pieces.

He was standing on a stage, with a small record-player next to him, and when he put the needle on, it played the Mighty Mouse theme song.

Halfway through the show, Boosler led Carol Kaufman Kerman and Maria Bellu-Colonna in a Mighty Mouse theme song sing-along.

Kaufman famously appeared on the comedy institution's first episode, lip-syncing the chorus of the Mighty Mouse theme song while taking unnecessary water breaks with the ostensible intent of soothing his vocal cords.

San Antonio Spurs forward Matt Bonner did a spot-on impression of Andy Kaufman's famous performance of the Mighty Mouse theme song from the first episode ever of "Saturday Night Live" in 1975 at the team's 'Tux and Tennies' charity dinner over the weekend.