Sentences with phrase «by viewing each of these characters»

We can better understand their failures and successes by viewing each of these characters through the lens of attachment theory, one of the most popular perspectives on romantic relationships.

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According to studies conducted by Jayne Gackenbach, a psychologist at Grant MacEwan University, «people who frequently played video games were more likely to report lucid dreams, observer dreams where they viewed themselves from outside their bodies, and dream control that allowed people to actively influence or change their dream worlds — qualities suggestive of watching or controlling the action of a video - game character.»

Groups of young friends who go to see some of the more death - focused horror films in vogue of late will routinely take bets on which stock character will face a grisly end soonest, as when viewing the Final Destination series» a film series that is, essentially, the apex of the set - piece disaster horror movie as orchestrated by MacGyver.

More recently, Coronation Street's Rev Billy Mayhew (Daniel Griffith) is a gay character who struggles with the apparent conflict between his sexual identity and the Church he loves, which could be viewed either as a reflection of real life, or a deliberate ploy to drum up viewing figures by exploiting a delicate and complicated theological subject.

This notion of nondominant living strands may also throw light on Whitehead's view of how mental originality is «canalized»: «By this transmission the mental originality of the living occasions receives a character and a depth.

Yet all fiction writers (and playwrights and filmmakers, for that matter) must make similar imaginative leaps, and will be judged — as Styron has been judged — by how convincingly they portray the characters whose points of view they've done their best to assume.

From Peirce's claim that we can make our ideas clear by considering their conceivable practical effects, to James's notion of truth's cash value in experiential terms, to Dewey's own view of the practical character of reality, the message seems to be that philosophy has more to offer than a therapeutic stance toward social issues and a rhetorical presentation of new suggestions.

But I suppose it has to be dealt with in this consultation from the point of view of its relevance and relation to the problems raised by the threat of Religious Communalism to the Secular Democratic character of Indian polity and the democratic struggle of the people for an egalitarian community.

Both have their own irreducible essential character, which can only be posited indivisibly, but can not be viewed as formed by the combination of other similar elementary parts.

Nonetheless, the Justices gravely declared that «the character of a nation of people who aspire to live according to the rule of law» is ultimately to be measured by the people's willingness to put aside their deeply held moral and religious views and accept the Court's pronouncements on this and other divisive questions.

Because the crisis of decision in the present moment gives man his essential character, he can not console or justify himself by viewing his sin as a weakness which forms no part of his true nature, or as a mistake which is an exception to be outweighed by appealing to his normal self.

Most significant discussion of the Martha - Mary story found within Luke's central section (10:38 - 42) has been confined in recent years to studies which articulate Luke's view of the social character of the Gospel: by placing Mary «at the Lord's feet» (10:39), Luke is affirming liberated social identity for women disciples (cf. 8: l - 3).44

The phrase «specious present» was William James»; its importance in the Whiteheadian view is that it marks the general character of primitive sense - awareness, and can be the character of the sense - awareness of what Whitehead calls «low grade organisms,» affected by their immediate past and directed to how they are going to act in the immediate future.

It might seem possible to mitigate the computer image of God, implicit in the entitative view, by pointing to the unitary character of an actual entity.

First, there is the view of «prehensions,» of causation as not so much a transmission from the past as a picking up of a character, and in the later works, a «feeling» of an immediate predecessor by an actual entity in the present, when the predecessor has perished.

The study team that seeks to identify a congregation by its character must, like the researcher looking for setting or world view, assume the role of observing participant, a posture that takes nothing for granted.

The character was also informed by then - 2000AD editor Pat Mills, whose work reflects a radical, angry view of England, one heavily informed by the English Civil War and the trenches.

«I think people sometimes go for those kind of things because they haven't managed to trap me in the more normal way - they haven't found anything I have said and done that they can criticise and so they attempt to smear by giving a view of my character that I don't share,» Redwood once complained.

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Viewing this as a launch year game, it is harsh to dwell on the games shortcomings (the audio for gunfire is just awful, character models lack the shine as do certain parts of the game, slow down occurs when things get too hectic and it can be difficult to get into a game online) when it is the first game of the series, the first game by the developer, and the first FPS game for the Vita.

Yet by highlighting the relationships and humanity of even the characters that are not human, and placing real peril in fierce and unrestrained action the audience can feel, the movie is redeemed and utterly necessary viewing.

When we first meet Tommy, Franco initially keeps his face out of view, dramatically building up the character's mysterious persona by framing him from behind as he takes to the stage with fearless swagger during an acting class.

Mara explains the plot: «Well, from my character Lee Weathers» point of view, it's about a risk - management consultant who's hired to assess whether or not this artificial being named Morgan [played by Taylor - Joy] is too...

DeWitt's character has more time to be defined, but Winger is at least as impressive by doing so much with so little, giving us an all - encompassing view of this woman with the vaguest of facial expressions and subtle line readings.

There were a lot of movies I loved this year, but what I prized most when I was making my list was extraordinary cinematic experiences — artful filmmaking that was enhanced by big - screen viewing; stories and characters that lingered with me.

It's impossible to suspend your disbelief to the level required by this crude and tasteless farce, which strains to be hip yet has an equally contemptuous view of both its characters and its audience.

Anyway, suffice it to say that Sacks is not only no Frank Sinatra or John Wayne, he's not even much of a Billy Pilgrim, and while his blankness complements the passivity of the character (and Vonnegut's essentially fatalistic view of life), it creates a serious charisma vacuum that, in the novel, is filled by the narrator's generous philosophical digressions.

An extremely positive view of what goes on inside the Grey Lady is made memorable by the film's center character David Carr, who initiated the Times» first dip into the Oscar pool with «The Carpetbagger.»

It's worth noting that neither character had much control over their situation at the time of their journeys; this could account for the freewheeling and panic, but the similarities between the scenes stand out when viewed side - by - side.

These sentiments are replaced by a politically charged agenda and characters cut out to meet certain political views of the Iraq war.

While the movie does all of its characters the favor of not condescending to them or their perspectives — a Bible Study group that might have been played for snickers is accorded, at the very least, a neutral view — its strategy of withholding both particular characters and information about their actions (the mine supervisor played by Josh Lucas doesn't show up until a half hour or so into the picture), while perhaps looking attractively, insinuatingly oblique on paper, has on the screen the general effect of blunting potential emotional impact.

The movie, written by returning screenwriters Keith Merryman and David A. Newman, takes its view of couples struggling to keep up a relationship and tosses it aside for a series of trying episodes that make every character here look like a buffoon to one degree or another.

Possession is torturous viewing scored and narrated by Gabriel Yared's soaring violins that for as invasive as they are admittedly provide the only insight into the feelings of the characters for one another.

Quips and barbs and punch - drunk madness are the results of that tenderness in each of the characters, and the compassionate point of view taken by the filmmakers towards them and their struggle to do the right thing allows for empathy in the most unexpected places.

Patrick O'Neal's Charles Rone, a career Navy officer yanked out of his commission for a special mission by forces beyond his pay grade, is our point - of - view character, the new recruit learning the insidious games played in the name of counter-intelligence.

It's full of sharp dialogue and entertaining characters and fuelled by a wryly enlightened view of our world and how it can be at once cruel and caring.

According to reports, the teaser trailer for Black Panther, Marvel Studios» upcoming movie based on the character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, generated 89 million views in the first 24 hours of its debut.

Directed by Frontline veteran Greg Barker, The Final Year offers a backstage - pass view of the Obama Doctrine, with appearances by such fan - favorite characters as Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes and Secretary Of State John Kerrof the Obama Doctrine, with appearances by such fan - favorite characters as Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes and Secretary Of State John KerrOf State John Kerry.

With many a cry of «Elder Scrolls Offline», the PS4 and Xbox One version, developed by Zenimax Online Studios is having multiple issues, from not loading at all to characters glitching out of view.

Positively horrible things begin to happen, each of them clouded by the dangerous innocence of our point of view character.

Despite its 145 - minutes» length, the time passes quickly as the audience is sucked into a vortex of a story with three parts, each guided by the point of view of one of the principal characters.

In this menu, you can choose from «one player mode» which is an arcade mode, «story mode» that is only for one player, «vs. mode», «attack mode» that consists of six different challenges, «bonus1 mode» where you can view characters, and «bonus2 mode» which is the same as story mode except every enemy is replaced by a different coloured alien.

An early leaked version of the script actually addresses the first time Reynolds played «Wade Wilson, Deadpool» in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which is largely viewed by fans and critics as a disastrous approach to the character.

No one emerges from the exercise unscathed; in fact, the beatings suffered by the main characters, the one upon the other, are a perfect metaphor for the movie's effect on our view of their skills.

Opening in October: There are multiple horrors to be found in «V / H / S» (Oct. 5), about a group of thieves who must view a series of terrifying videotapes; Anna Kendrick joins a college glee club in «Pitch Perfect,» by «Avenue Q» director Jason Moore; Kevin James is a biology teacher - turned - MMA cage fighter in the comedy «Here Comes the Boom» (Oct. 12); Tyler Perry takes on the James Patterson character «Alex Cross» (Oct. 19), a detective who hunts a serial killer; «Paranormal Activity 4,» the rare horror series that has improved with each sequel, will make some more money.

A second viewing on Blu - ray opened up some of the attributes that I missed — most notably the lovely photography — and made me realize that I was reacting negatively to certain plot twists in the script by Baker and Chris Bergoch, as well as the actions of certain characters; more and more, I find that I don't wish to spend any more time than is necessary with people (including entirely fictional creatures) who are selfish and unkind.

Del Toro seems to view plot and character development as simply a clothesline on which to hang a series of brain - searing images, and while that's not necessarily a bad thing (plenty of great directors have been stylists above all else), it means he keeps getting undermined by his scripts» odd tendency to never give him free rein to indulge in style over substance.