Sentence examples for paradoxical theme from inspiring English sources

Decadent utilitarianism was the show's paradoxical theme.

He shows in an old music hall, which possibly ignited the collection's second parallel, paradoxical theme: showgirl.

Various critics have written about the story's paradoxical themes of deformity and monstrosity.

The exhibition gains a sense of vitality because of the seemingly paradoxical overriding theme of constancy and change.

Also evidenced throughout the show is the flexibility of the form itself to handle, in a single frame, a paradoxical combination of themes.

Its themes include the paradoxical study of monstrosity and deformity, as well as race and tolerance.

The later poems treat themes that show the paradoxical side of human nature.

Spin writer Simon Reynolds has noted that the band's lyrics often contain sexual themes, which are "a paradoxical blend of force and tenderness".

The fourth theme is described as engaging voluntarily in a paradoxical process in which situations of disclosure and concealment are lived simultaneously and supported by reflection and are the subject of profound deliberation.

Her theme in "Dead Man's Cell Phone" is the paradoxical ability of the title device (and the people who use it) both to unite and isolate.

In her 1982 review of the Golden Man collection, Hazel Pierce lauded the sophistication of the story, summarizing the theme of "The Last of the Masters" as an examination of "the paradoxical cast of human existence".