Moreau gives Sarah a scene of erotic tension and fury — one that features bloodshed — but that's nonetheless brisk and offhanded, its effect dissipating quickly in the force of Sarah's purposeful, unshakeable character.
The characters are purposeful stereotypes.
Along the same lines is the ever-present theme of adolescence, in whose depiction Rowling has been purposeful in acknowledging her characters' sexualities and not leaving Harry, as she put it, "stuck in a state of permanent pre-pubescence".
Its elaborate, astrological structure asks purposeful questions about destiny and character.
One of her purposeful changes: showing the title character's face on screen right away.
Characters say such purposeful things as "We're going to need a bigger helicopter," "I'm going to end this," and, repeatedly, "I really hate sharks".
The judges thought this was "a touching, purposeful adventure, in which the characters jumped straight off the page".
They just move about, and yet everyone reads these movements as purposeful, and revealing of their characters.
The winner of English as a second language category, Angella Emurwon's play, was described by the judges as "a touching, purposeful adventure in which the characters jumped straight off the page".
With his peroxided hair and purposeful stride, he's the only character in the piece who deals with realism on a daily basis.
