Sentences with phrase «archetypal power»

But its failure despite its flashiness, beefcake factor, and abortive romance point to first an underestimation of the archetypal power of the «wilting hothouse brat» model of Titanic, second an underestimation of the preteen girl demographic that appears too bright to be taken by movies that clearly suck.

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Dumbledore is certainly a proponent of white magic, but he is also an outspoken advocate of what the Gospel of Luke calls the «narrow door» — an archetypal image for the transforming power of major choices or recognitions (Luke 13:22 - 30).
And like all variations on that archetypal story, Black Panther is a fantasy about black power.
But while Peach is often considered the archetypal damsel in distress when it comes to video games, she is often showed to be actively working against her captors, such as sneaking around searching for power - ups and / or information to send to Mario in games such as Super Mario Galaxy and the Paper Mario series.
Less than # 10,000 will buy you the archetypal big - muscle TVR coupe, the Cerbera, a monstrously rapid machine powered by that most daring of engineering adventures, an engine designed and built in - house.
Among those caught up in the ruthless forces of change in Dickens's London are the archetypal innocent Noddy Boffin, who «inherits» a dustheap where the trash of the rich is thrown; Silas Wegg, a grotesque, one - legged man with unlimited fantasies of grandeur and power; Mr. Veneering, Member of Parliament, whose house, furnishings, servants, carriage, and baby are all «bran - new»; and Alfred and Sophronia Lammle, who marry one another because each wrongly believes the other is rich.
But while Peach is often considered the archetypal damsel in distress when it comes to video games, she is often showed to be actively working against her captors, such as sneaking around searching for power - ups and / or information to send to Mario in games such as Super Mario Galaxy and the Paper Mario series.
His works, such as his 1975 self - portraits, evoke the power of individual expressive acts in a photo - saturated culture by reaffirming painterly control over technical images and archetypal symbols, in this instance photographs of the artist in a crucifixion pose, drawn over with manic black marks.
The power of these stories lies beyond their fantastic setting and awesome events: they are timeless and archetypal; they challenge our point of view and sense of morality.
This work is described as «a newly invented, body - based, archetypal emblem for female power and identity, realized in brilliant red - orange, silver, and «tender shades of pink»».
Today, it is clear that the enduring power of Wood's art owes as much to its mesmerizing psychological ambiguity as to its archetypal Midwestern imagery.
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