Sentences with phrase «of class distinctions»

Things don't turn out so well because of the class distinctions of the lovers.

There all of them, wearing similar white, seamless robes and shorn of class distinctions, assemble around a single center which inspires them with a strong sense of unity.

«The etiquette of class distinctions is quite strong in the church.

These helped conquer «the tyranny of distance,» as John C. Calhoun called it, and played a role in stimulating the great social changes of the time, including the advances in America's wealth and living standards, the spread of opportunity, the leveling of class distinctions, and the increase in popular suffrage.

Perhaps Zeitlin isn't really making an issue of class distinctions.

It has fairly recognisable young teen movie themes, although these don't survive more than a cursory analysis — hazy criticisms of class distinction / discrimination are a bit hard to swallow when the kids of «privileged» parents attend an elite school floating above the clouds.

Thomas Hardy's 19th century novel of class distinction, gender inequality, romantic love and practical application has been beautifully rendered in the film Far From the Madding Crowd.

To Capture What We Can not Keep, stylish, provocative, and shimmering, raises probing questions about a woman's place in that world, the overarching reach of class distinctions, and the sacrifices love requires of us all.

Carmichael argues that the continued oppression of African Americans is rooted in economic and educational inequality, while de Falla's opera serves as a cautionary tale about the polarizing social implications of class distinctions.

Ideas of class distinction, nationalism and religion each reoccur with the fabricated set and props becoming metaphors for the characters» conditions.

Certainly one's sense of vulgarity, and possibly one's sense of ugliness, are products of one's class, and though to be an American may be to notice constantly the thousand subtle marks of class distinction, to be an American is also to be suddenly and overwhelmingly distressed by noticing that one is noticing the marks of class distinction.

City Lights also encompasses not only timeless messages of love and fraternity, but also one of class distinction that would have been very palpable to American crowds mired in the consequences of the Great Depression.