Sentence examples for subtle characterisation from inspiring English sources

You don't expect deathless prose from Twilight-inspired "fanfic"; you don't expect emotional depth or subtle characterisation.

Dazzling technical virtuosity... ingenious wit... subtle characterisation... superb acting... the ground-breaking, cross-generational film of the year.

Is Hollywood willing to accept that there are two Adam Sandlers: one a vivid screen presence capable of subtle characterisation, the other the poster boy for a brand of comedy that is, these days, only amusing in the straitened environment of its own, infantile universe?

The film also expands upon Austen's subtle characterisation by exaggerating the emotions of characters and certain scenes.

Beautifully written, full of subtle characterisations, this remarkably mature novel (Johnson was 24 when she wrote it) deservedly won the Pulitzer Prize in 1935.

That this highly original mashup doesn't entirely come off is, I think, mainly due to Whitaker's lack of writing experience – subtler characterisation is required for the denouement to be entirely convincing – but the combination of verve, humour and pathos make it well worth a read.

It is the story of an amour fou in which the love overtakes the madness, and then both are overtaken by a Nabokovian flourish of violence: complex, subtle, with characterisation, drama and camerawork all brilliantly composed.

Well, he's a typically understated message from actor Shia LaBeouf: Or perhaps you'd prefer a little subtle undercover characterisation: So this week we're all about the imperative, the part of speech that tells the listener, or the subject of instruction within the song, what to do.

His voice is dark, which again might not be everyone's taste in Handel, but you can't help but be drawn to his dramatic commitment and the subtle detail of his characterisation.

Ewing's characterisation is subtler and more interesting than this precis might imply; Calum Ian isn't a lazy cipher for atavistic cruelty, and much of the foreboding we feel comes through Rona's perspective, who proves rather spiteful and destructive herself.

The drama is presented with stark economy, its words subservient to the slow exposition of its plot, and the characterisation admittedly less subtle than Shakespeare's.