Sentences with phrase «hang over this tragedy»

But this Atom Egoyan dramatization proves to be reasonably compelling, notwithstanding the occasional contrivance, Firth's weak American accent, and the troubling sense of unresolvedness that continues to hang over this tragedy turned cause célèbre.

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Here is the first clear warning of tragedy to come; the shadow of the cross is already hanging over these early events.

Those Lonergan trademarks, once Margaret trademarks, now a signature: the protagonist's desire for a passive authority to behave in a way that we expect; inconsistent perceptions of self reflected not through the monologue or introspection, but through competing relationships; the hand of fate, hanging over unprepared and unremarkable figures, like they've wandered unknowingly into Greek tragedy.

It is a translation of the threat of an even greater tragedy that hangs over our heads.