Sentence examples for tragic difficulty from inspiring English sources

It has been suggested in such cases, since the tragic hero is never passive but struggles to resolve his tragic difficulty with an obsessive dedication, that he is guilty of hubris i.e., presumption of being godlike and attempting to overstep his human limitations.

"It seems we run into difficulty, and tragic situations specifically when black people assert their rights," Claxton said.

But at this quasi-tragic moment, Ferrando has difficulty even getting close to her because Guglielmo (hiding under a table) has grabbed hold of his leg.

Calling the case puzzling and tragic, Justice Clancy discussed the difficulty of balancing the interests of justice when presented with an officer who had "no malicious criminal intent," but who had "incomprehensibly fired his gun five times".

Yet Brown's life continued to be marked by difficulties, including the tragic death of his third wife, charges of drug use, and a period of imprisonment for a 1988 high-speed highway chase in which he tried to escape pursuing police officers.

He told the BBC how the whole region was shocked by that tragic accident and described the difficulties of the research operations in the area.

"I always have difficulty with the Greek tragic plays," Walcott says.

Kinnell spoke with Alice Quinn, The New Yorker's poetry editor, about the writing of the elegy, its structure and influences, and the difficulty of capturing those tragic moments last September.

Viewed in this light, the play's tragic ending which provided the author with so much difficulty seemed to have a terrible logic.

8 Among certain ethnic groups in Senegal, caregivers and families are still prepared to embrace the FGM procedure as part of accepted social norms, although it has tragic consequences (e.g., life-threatening hemorrhage, disabilities, and difficulties, such as infant death and medical complications at birth).

When memories can no longer be retrieved or we have difficulty in forming new memories, the effects are frequently tragic".