Eliza went into some detail about the plot and themes of the book back in February, so I'll just say that what stood out to me as a reader new to Eugenides was the vivid, honest descriptions
of the emotions of his characters.
Not exact matches
«Bennett has become a master
of storytelling through
character, and while there are clearly no people in these films, it was clearly a very human story, which we knew a director such as Bennett would zero in on and draw out very real human - like
emotions from these poor inanimate objects,» Lennon said.
Kratos conveys more
emotion with the occasional gruff affirmation than most game
characters do with hours
of exposition.
But the more developed the
characters and story are, in terms
of emotion and things like that, the more you are attached to them.
In the film and animation world, it's a widely used method
of drawing shapes and diagrams that represent
characters,
emotions and the shape
of a story.
Think
of your
emotions as a film you're watching on Netflix: Just as you don't have control over the
characters or the plot in the film, you can't control the way you feel in reaction to an event or situation.
That's when I thought
of emotions as
characters.
Jennifer Aaker, the General Atlantic Professor
of Marketing at Stanford GSB, says that people embrace and remember narratives, which can be rich with
characters,
emotions, or actions, far more than they recall facts and data.
Each
of its
characters are so unique and interesting, its witty blend
of stupid humour is often mixed with with incredible
emotion that is so true to life.
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of them I can only describe them as dark shadows and they are trying to get me just as they are about to get me a brilliant white light surrounds me and there's three entities humanly shaped but like this brilliant white light they are also glowing this brilliant whiteness I can't understand what they are saying the only way I can explain it is
emotions comfort joy love is what I feel emanating from these entities the voices I hear aren't evil telling me to do bad things to people when I get put into a mode
of fear I live in a rough area
of Scotland and everytime I've got into a fight something possesses me I know this for a fact as I can't control myself I'm an observer watching my family / Friends say I change they say my eyes change and I look evil I personally do think possibly through my own personal experience I» am possessed as I act out
of character I've lost interest in many things I've recently I decided it's time for change I've lost my faith I've been trying to connect with God and feel his love which I used to feel the presence
of the holy spirit everytime I try connect I get a feeling
of abandonment I just think if I am possessed could these entities stop me connecting with «God» I can say from my heart
of hearts «JESUS CHRIST HAS COME IN THE FLESH» I think it's more to do with the persons own personal fears which I have noticed my fears have changed if I had to be truthfully with myself I fear God which I know I'm not supposed to just I can't explain it I guess if you ever need a test subject I'm up for the challenge like I said I'm on journey to find myself and my travels have brought me hear I'm going to hang around for a wee while there's lots
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Comedians have been ahead
of this curve for a while, with performers like Robin Williams, Richard Pryor, Carol Burnett, Chris Gethard and, yes, Sandler and Plaza all displaying an empathetic gift for portraying
characters outside the norm with genuine
emotion.
Far from endorsing a simple reduction
of mind to mere neurons, many neuroscientists are embracing paradigms that emphasize the holistic
character of brain function and the ways that reason and
emotion interplay to make up a self.
The
emotions and feelings
of each
character jumps right off the page!
In the simplest terms then, human social experience is a form
of togetherness in which there is a sharing
of feeling, a concordance
of emotion, between two or more individuals who become immanently related one to another by the very
character of their mutual experience.
In estimating the religious
character of individuals, nations, or races, the first question is, not how they feel, but what they think and believe — not whether their religion is one which manifests itself in
emotions, more or less vehement and enthusiastic, but what are the conceptions
of God and divine things by which these
emotions are called forth.
The tiger's habitual ferocity was temporarily quelled by the
emotion of fear, which became sovereign, and formed a new centre for his
character.
And conversely,
of all the criminal human beings, the false, cowardly, sensual, or cruel persons who actually live, there is perhaps not one whose criminal impulse may not be at some moment overpowered by the presence
of some other
emotion to which his
character is also potentially liable, provided that other
emotion be only made intense enough.
The saintly
character is the
character for which spiritual
emotions are the habitual centre
of the personal energy; and there is a certain composite photograph
of universal saintliness, the same in all religions,
of which the features can easily be traced.
His work ranks with the finest classical Hebrew prose to be found anywhere in the Old Testament, displaying a phenomenal verbal / literary technique in the use
of humor and irony, in subtle, sensitive
character portrayal, and in effective, varied appeal to human
emotion.
This reaction is
of a mixed
character, including elements
of emotion derived from our lower natures.
Perceptions
of causal efficacy put us in direct touch with the inner nature or
character of things and persons as well as with the
emotions, values, and purposes inherent in reality.
First, we are given an in - depth discussion
of the process
of practical reasoning; the moral evaluation
of human action; a philosophical psychology that draws together the roles
of intellect, will, and
emotion in human acts and in the development
of virtuous or vicious moral
character; the nature
of sin and the foundational role
of conversion to Christ; and the place
of law in the Christian life.
It's part
of the reason why Alexa and the Miz instantly had to rundown the crowd after showing genuine human
emotion that was considered out
of character.
In golf, we always overplay and overhype the
emotion,
character and class
of the players.
The intensity
of my
emotions may seem surprisingly out
of character to some
of my West Chester friends.
Read a book together in which the
emotions of the
characters are clearly depicted.
Kids will have a better understanding
of the story when they go through the illustrations and they will also get to know the
emotions and facial expressions
of the
characters just by a simple glance.
Help your toddler understand
emotions by pointing out
emotions of characters in books or tv shows and movies.
While oversight and accountability genuinely help the democratic process, representing the proper style
of character and the proper valence
of emotion mattered more in this referendum than facts about the economic prospects
of the UK and
of the working class.
Iagnemma evokes raw
emotion as his
characters reconcile their reliance on scientific facts with their need for the intangible, transient qualities
of love.
They also watched videos
of actors interacting with one another and were instructed to describe the
characters»
emotions.
Though Gattaca does an admirable job
of creating a mood, it also raises the hope that one day, genetically - engineered screenwriters will dream up
characters who can have more
emotions than happiness, anger, fear, and surliness.
As part
of the Oz project, researchers at the computer science department at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, have produced a system which gives computer
characters 20
emotions.
With the resulting software, an animator need only pick out points on their
character's face that correspond to points in the model, such as the corners
of the lips, then set the activity or
emotion the
character is feeling, and watch as the face colour changes automatically.
At the end
of the story presentation, participants were asked to answer the following three types
of questions that asked
emotion of the
character, belief
of the
character, and fact.
Separate yourself from this
emotion by thinking
of the
emotion as a silly cartoon
character that has no power.
The term erethism (or reddening), which derives from a person's tendency to blush, 3 covers a constellation
of personality traits including timidity, diffidence, contentiousness, insecurity, bluntness, rigidity, excitability and hypersensitivity to criticism and to sensory stimulation.4 - 6 Considering mercury's subtle but reproducible effects on
emotions, it is likely that a number
of problems blamed on
character, personality or stress may in fact be caused or compounded by low - level mercury toxicity.
We have a deep understanding
of the
emotions that people can feel, because we've either felt them due to a book or have witnessed a
character feeling them.
Many
of the styles nowadays are lacking
character, and
emotion.
For instance, passionate and energetic
characters prefer Latin moves, whereas more conservative people with classy manners might go for a ballroom mood as a way
of expressing their
emotions.
In real life, it's very hard to contact a person for the first time, since it requires a lot
of strength
of character, not to mention that you have to overcome
emotions as well.
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«The American,» filtering out any mention
of the
character's history and suppressing all but the tiniest indications
of emotion, tries to strip the man to his essence.
After seven movies
of playing Severus Snape with slimy and malevolent aplomb, Alan Rickman is finally given the chance to imbue his
character with some genuine
emotion — the flashback that reveals his tragic history is easily the most moving sequence in the film, if not the entire series.
In terms
of the camera allowing us to see the tiniest flickers
of emotion — and amplifying the greatest — this is a device that works insofar as it reveals much
of the
characters inner life, but also produces an intensity that never varies.
Hopefully the
emotions poor out
of the book as well as it did through these
characters in the film.»
This time, focussing on the past to show how the
character of Elise got to where the audience knows her from the first two films, there is much more
emotion to be had here.
World War Z allots a bare minimum
of screen minutes to something resembling
character; we know Gerry loves his wife because he says so, but none
of the dialogue or interactions have any
emotion or chemistry.
The comedy succeeds because the objectively ridiculous, overdrawn
emotions of the
characters must seem real and immediate to them.
Were they one film, Deathly Hallows Part 1 would no doubt have been missing much
of its
emotion and
character work; likewise, Part 2 would have lost the little it has, not to mention at least some
of it's magnificent action.