Sentence examples for tragic strength from inspiring English sources

Shostakovich, in an essay on the opera, declared that "the tragic strength of this scene can barely be described in words".

Hazlitt, however, in the view of John Kinnaird, goes beyond Lamb in maintaining that it is Lear's very despair, by which "all the powers of thought and feeling" were elicited and intensified, that gives him tragic "strength and grandeur".

Directed by Mark Mahon 1 hour 44 minutes Not since his nice-guy turns in "Thelma & Louise" (1991) and "Free Willy" (1993) has Michael Madsen, ever the designated heavy, played someone as huggable as Sean Kelleher, the Irish ex-boxer and tragic hero of "Strength and Honor".

Best described as a tragic hero, Saul displayed a strength in battle and an ability to inspire his followers that place him high in the ranks of the military great.

"Our thoughts are with him and his family and we hope they can pull together and find strength at this tragic moment".

I can almost hear him saying, "Of course, I'd have wrestled them down, too!" His belligerence was his strength, but also his tragic flaw: he rallied a city in crisis, but he couldn't redeem it — or himself.

It was particularly tragic, then, that she used her new strength to try to legitimate authoritarianism.

Philoctetes, Wilson said, embodies the paradox of the Sophoclean tragic hero: "the conception of a superior strength as inseparable from disability".

They have served as an indestructible symbol of the capacity to persevere with humanity and strength in even the most tragic of times.

Saghal shows how male selfishness is trumped by the adaptability and strength of women, regardless of tragic outcomes (no spoilers!) This was riveting from start to end.

Our thoughts are with him and his family and hope they can pull together and find strength from somewhere at this tragic time".