The debate between the two positions has continued to the present day, taking many different forms and having many important ramifications.
It seems that even films set in the present day have taken on a kind of gloom usually reserved for the last days of the party.
If "Ghost Bitch: Arise from the Gallows" takes on the toxic masculinity of the Puritan pilgrims of yore, "Ghost Bitch USA" offers a more present-day take, starring none other than Donald Trump, as played by Brian Whitely, the artist who erected a Trump tombstone in Central Park. .
Falling in Love: A History of Torment and Enchantment Sheila Sullivan Papermac £8, pp383 Buy it at BOL Drawing heavily on examples from literature, from Plato to the present day, Sheila Sullivan takes us on a whirlwind tour of the heart, showing how, while love itself has had many faces, the emotional experience of falling in love has remained the same for three millennia.
The US declaring war on Great Britain in 1812 would be like present day Peru taking on the modern United States military.
Mr. Darling said the budget presented Wednesday "will take Britain through the most serious economic downturn in 60 years".
So what lessons should present-day playwrights take from this? Stick to their guns, or heed what might be sound advice?
May his present-day allies take full measure of the event.
In the present day the annual take is far smaller; small-scale subsistence fisheries in the Arctic harvest fewer than 100 individuals annually, and roughly 1,200 are caught accidentally in fishing trawls.
"Even though the stories are set in the present day, we chose to take historical visual styles and shift them slightly into our fantasy environment, rather than invent a new language from scratch," says Mina. "It's a magical world that is anchored in real life".
Our man in Israel, Roi Carthy, says the company is one of the hottest in Israel at present day, so let's take a closer look at what they're building over there.
