Although he is played with quiet, existential anguish by Mr. Stoll, Ben is more a philosophical and dramatic device than a credible character.
Among Mr. Chun's larger points is that every event is coincidence, which makes the appearance of God in the play thematically apt and not just a plot device or a philosophical presumption.
Some works are recipe books, vast collections of tropes and stylistic devices; others are philosophical and general.
I believe the photographic object can be an effective device to explore broader philosophical questions but to do that effectively photography's role as a mediated image needs to be brought into the open or at least questioned.
It could be argued, of course, that when one looks beyond these stage-setting devices, one finds significant philosophical changes in the six late dialogues, setting this group off from all that preceded them.
Wulfstan refused to include in his works confusing or philosophical concepts, speculation, or long narratives – devices which other homilies of the time regularly employed (likely to the dismay of the average parishioner).
BioShock was set in the fictional city of Rapture, which was intended to be a dystopia, a device to explore the kind of philosophical arguments set out by authors like George Orwell and Ayn Rand, according to creative director Ken Levine.
The book is peppered with philosophical asides, poetic outbursts and graphic sexual details, devices pioneered by his hero Rimbaud, whom Miller is often merely mimicking.
The discussion takes us through a series of steps that each amplifies the role of philosophical concepts of negation and difference in understanding the device.
Thus, verse drama may embrace a wide variety of nonrealistic aural and visual devices: Greek tragic choric speech provided a philosophical commentary upon the action, which at the same time drew the audience lyrically into the mood of the play.
