A melodrama with comic punctuation, "Nora's Will" is about secrets and lies and a narrative imperative that every unhappy life must end not only with death but with closure too.
That said, as a 21st-century character in an American movie, there was a good chance that Jane would still be shackled by the separate-but-equal narrative imperative that turns every woman into a problem only a man can solve.
"Free away from me?" "It would have been a sacrifice, of course — the ultimate sacrifice — but if Jack could have had a normal, happy childhood with a loving family?" In "Room," however, there seemed to be a narrative imperative behind this unlikely turn of events.
There are all sorts of scientific theories that might be trotted out to show the reasons for this, but really, this is just an inversion of the narrative imperatives that spring from including a prophecy in a story.
It is unreasonable to expect that underserved Americans will spontaneously begin to access opportunities emerging within the entrepreneurial ecosystems that exist within their respective geographical areas without first being exposed to economic competitiveness narratives and imperatives, and gaining a greater appreciation of the promise of job- and wealth-creating entrepreneurship.
A statement accompanying the show describes the work as "embracing the vitality of an animistic, spiritually-charged universe," and includes a quote by Ms. Smith saying that her work originates in a personal narrative about "how imperative it is at this moment to celebrate and honor the wondrous and precarious nature of being here on earth".
It is certainly her least hurriable book; Rebecca is Tyler's oldest heroine to date — not quite old enough to hear the title "grandmother" without a wince but old enough to be edging beyond the more urgently youthful imperatives of narrative, its tightly sprung surprises and busy matchmaking instincts.
There are a range of far-reaching consequences that spill from any altered evolutionary narrative in which cellular imperatives dominate that apply to neoplasia.
Yet in Warhol's films the illusions of Hollywood, with its seamless narratives and industrial imperatives, are self-consciously replaced by other illusions, notably those pertaining to identity.
In the middle of this goodbye to narrative, Evans included this list: "Imperative Needs: suspenders, drawers, collar pin, bath slippers, Crime and Punishment, rubber cement".
Republicans understand the imperative behind the narrative, not only because they are facing the first black president, whose support among Hispanics and blacks is overwhelming, but because minority voting blocs are threatening to swamp the white Republican base in the future.
