Sentences with phrase «war as a tragedy»

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Making (i.e., choosing) wars is what politicians do, such as the warrior - statesman Henry V. Coriolanus is thus not focused upon weighing the value of war (which K. Branagh was right to detect in Henry V), but rather is zeroed in upon the tragedy of the polis.

(A committed Christian must acknowledge that intrinsic worth, and yet how many of us react with dismay when reading of such terrible tragedies as the burning of the library in Alexandria, the destruction of the Parthenon during the Crusades and the bombing of cathedrals in World War II while scarcely giving a thought to the thousands of nameless civilians buried in the rubble of those edifices?)

The religious community must do its part by keeping the tragedy foremost on the political agenda, as it did for the southern war.

It was due to the tragic circumstances that led up to the war — as a non-Nazi he was constantly under the surveillance of the Gestapo — and to the tragedy of the war itself that his relations with Christian leaders in other lands were temporarily interrupted.

The impact of social tragedy upon sensitive minds from 1914 on is well represented by Paul Tillich's testimony concerning his experience as a German chaplain in World War I.

It was as if the original inwardness of the Lutheran position, driven to even profounder depths by the pain and passion and tragedy following the war, had become the defining element of the Christian faith to these men and women.

A civil war would have ensued with Corbyn and his followers as Roundheads and the majority of the Parliamentary Labour Party as unlikely Cavaliers — though their tragedy is that they lack the dash and sparkle of Prince Rupert of the Rhine.

But beyond the human tragedy, the war has also taken its toll on the DRC's wildlife as a result of insecurity, heightened illegal bushmeat trade and increased deforestation.

Such unforeseen twists reiterate the tangible tragedy of making a real - world war movie, as opposed to one where the casualties are scripted for poetic effect.

War Machine, with a screenplay and direction by David Michod (of 2010's ferocious «Animal Kingdom»), is a comedy because, as per the old Angela Carter line, it's tragedy happening to other people.

It's a document about the trauma glimpsed by a person in war, a brief but haunting view of tragedy, made up of footage Hetherington shot while traveling around the world as a war reporter and photojournalist.

If the collision of Madeleine with George's kin or the tragedy that re-ties the ties that bind seem contrived, consider that the film is possibly best read as a drama writ large on a Southern canvas, one splashed, like the Ann Wood paintings produced especially for the film, with the ghosts of slavery and the Civil War.

An epic chronicle of the triumphs and tragedy of the legendary Trojan War, Troy begins as the passion of lovers Prince Paris of Troy (Orlando Bloom) and Queen Helen of Sparta (Diane Kruger) ignites a war between the Trojans and the united tribes of GreeWar, Troy begins as the passion of lovers Prince Paris of Troy (Orlando Bloom) and Queen Helen of Sparta (Diane Kruger) ignites a war between the Trojans and the united tribes of Greewar between the Trojans and the united tribes of Greece.

«As «Mockingjay — Part 2» shows us, in rich and bracing fashion, the «Hunger Games» movies have been saying something all along — about the tragedy of youth (or anyone) in war, about post-traumatic stress disorder, about the ways we cede our autonomy to notions of comfort, to spectacle, to the easy lies of othering.

Robert Newton and Celia Johnson are surpassingly affecting as Frank and Ethel Gibbons, a couple with three children whose modest household is touched by joy and tragedy from the tail end of the First World War to the beginning of the Second.

Miranda Otto joins the cast as a C.I.A. officer, and Sebastian Koch of the excellent German Cold War tragedy «The Lives of Others» plays Carrie's new boss.

«Their Finest» is small - scale, as WWII movies go, but that gives you time to appreciate its characters (including Bill Nighy as a demanding aging actor with hidden softness) and the moments it captures related to the everyday horrors of war — the inconvenience / tragedy of crew members not showing up on set because they were killed in the Blitz, for example.

He goes to work for Mitsubishi and rises swiftly through the ranks, eventually reconnecting with Naoko, but as he works on his masterpiece, the plane that will become the Zero, war and tragedy loom on the horizon.

Play 1: The Olympics — Ancient and Modern «Ancient»: Sostratos (wrestler / boxer) Leonidas (runner) Gymnast «Modern»: Rower Swimmer Kallipateira (boxer's mother) Play 2: Modern Olympics 1896 - 1912 Narrator Athletes from: France, America, Great Britain, Greece, Sweden Play 3: Modern Olympics 1920 — 1936 (Impact of 2 world wars) Narrator Athletes from: Belgium, France, Netherlands, USA, Germany Play 4: Modern Olympics 1948 — 1964 (End of World Wars — The Soviet Union joins the Games) Narrator Athletes from: Britain, Finland, Australia, Italy, Japan Play 5: Modern Olympics 1968 — 1984 (Tragedy & Triumph) Narrator Athletes from: Mexico, West Germany, Canada, U.S.S.R., U.S.A. Play 6: Modern Olympics 1988 — 2004 (To the Future) Narrator Athletes from: South Korea, Spain, U.S.A., Australia, Greece Plus 2 Updates Plays 7 and 8 have been added, at the end, as updates (available off www.plays-r-ussell.com as separate scripts) Play 7 Beijing 2008 Play 8 London 2012 Other Olympic scripts by Sue Russell: ASSEMBLIES Brazil Host Country to the Olympics 2016 Assembly Olympics PRIDE Assembly (PSHE «team spirit» script) Rio 2016 Olympic Games Assembly - covering all 28 sports Rio 2016 Olympic Games Assembly including history events and ode History of the Olympics Assembly Olympics Assembly for Key Stage 1 Rio 2016 Paralympics 2016 Assembly GUIDED READING SCRIPTS Olympics PRIDE Guided Reading QUIZ Rio 2016 Olympic Games Quiz - 100 questions and answwars) Narrator Athletes from: Belgium, France, Netherlands, USA, Germany Play 4: Modern Olympics 1948 — 1964 (End of World Wars — The Soviet Union joins the Games) Narrator Athletes from: Britain, Finland, Australia, Italy, Japan Play 5: Modern Olympics 1968 — 1984 (Tragedy & Triumph) Narrator Athletes from: Mexico, West Germany, Canada, U.S.S.R., U.S.A. Play 6: Modern Olympics 1988 — 2004 (To the Future) Narrator Athletes from: South Korea, Spain, U.S.A., Australia, Greece Plus 2 Updates Plays 7 and 8 have been added, at the end, as updates (available off www.plays-r-ussell.com as separate scripts) Play 7 Beijing 2008 Play 8 London 2012 Other Olympic scripts by Sue Russell: ASSEMBLIES Brazil Host Country to the Olympics 2016 Assembly Olympics PRIDE Assembly (PSHE «team spirit» script) Rio 2016 Olympic Games Assembly - covering all 28 sports Rio 2016 Olympic Games Assembly including history events and ode History of the Olympics Assembly Olympics Assembly for Key Stage 1 Rio 2016 Paralympics 2016 Assembly GUIDED READING SCRIPTS Olympics PRIDE Guided Reading QUIZ Rio 2016 Olympic Games Quiz - 100 questions and answWars — The Soviet Union joins the Games) Narrator Athletes from: Britain, Finland, Australia, Italy, Japan Play 5: Modern Olympics 1968 — 1984 (Tragedy & Triumph) Narrator Athletes from: Mexico, West Germany, Canada, U.S.S.R., U.S.A. Play 6: Modern Olympics 1988 — 2004 (To the Future) Narrator Athletes from: South Korea, Spain, U.S.A., Australia, Greece Plus 2 Updates Plays 7 and 8 have been added, at the end, as updates (available off www.plays-r-ussell.com as separate scripts) Play 7 Beijing 2008 Play 8 London 2012 Other Olympic scripts by Sue Russell: ASSEMBLIES Brazil Host Country to the Olympics 2016 Assembly Olympics PRIDE Assembly (PSHE «team spirit» script) Rio 2016 Olympic Games Assembly - covering all 28 sports Rio 2016 Olympic Games Assembly including history events and ode History of the Olympics Assembly Olympics Assembly for Key Stage 1 Rio 2016 Paralympics 2016 Assembly GUIDED READING SCRIPTS Olympics PRIDE Guided Reading QUIZ Rio 2016 Olympic Games Quiz - 100 questions and answers!

What happened to Placidia as she struggled to be a resilient woman during a time where only the strong survived during adversity, pathos, tragedy, suffering, and war?

We found Guatemala to be a wonderful place to visit inasmuch as we were able to see such beautiful scenery and nature juxtaposed against the terrible current and after effects on a society that has endured such tragedies as civil wars, foreign incursions (from America, etc.) and yet, despite it all, we experienced nothing but graciousness and warmth from the Guatemalan people we met.

All of the main characters are inextricably drawn together, and friendship, love, sacrifice and tragedy befall each as they help each other to retain their humanity against the horrors of war.

Friendship, love, sacrifice and tragedy befall each one as they help each other to retain their humanity against the horrors of war.

Born in poverty in Alabama, Dial has lived his entire life in the American South, and his art, informed by decades of struggle as a black working - class man, reveals a unique perspective on America's most difficult and pervasive challenges, such as its long history of race and class conflict, the war in Iraq, and the 9/11 tragedy.

Her art dealt with personal tragedy and loss but also terrible social problems, as she saw her country decimated by two world wars — the first claimed the life of her son and the second that of her grandson.

In June 1970, in response to the tragedy at Kent State University where four students were shot and killed by National Guardsman, as well as the growing Civil Rights and Anti-Vietnam War movements, Artforum asked a number of artists to respond to the following question, «What is your position regarding the kinds of political action that should be taken by artists?»

In June 1970, in response to the tragedy at Kent State University where four students were shot and killed by National Guardsman, as well as the growing Civil Rights and Anti-Vietnam War movements, Artforum asked a number of artists to respond to the following question, «What is your position regarding the kinds of political action -LSB-...]

In the diptych The Eleventh of January (2009), which was previously titled Gaza / Guernica, Petlin depicts the tragedies of war, particularly attacks on defenseless civilians like, as suggested in the early title, those that have occurred in the Palestinian territories and the 1937 bombing of the Spanish city during the Spanish Civil Wwar, particularly attacks on defenseless civilians like, as suggested in the early title, those that have occurred in the Palestinian territories and the 1937 bombing of the Spanish city during the Spanish Civil WarWar.

Certainly for this artist, as with many others, the tragedy of war acted as an impetus for a brilliant new range of works.

As Italy emerged from the tragedy and devastation of World War II, a pioneering generation of photographers and filmmakers developed a new visual language rooted in reality and authenticity in order to critically examine postwar life.

Begun in 1948, Motherwell's Elegies functioned as the artist's memorial to the Spanish Civil War, an event that had come to symbolize for him the human tragedies of oppression and injustice.

Having lived his entire life in the rural American South as a black working - class man, his art reveals a unique perspective on America's most difficult and pervasive challenges, including its long history of race and class conflict, the war in Iraq, and the tragedy of 9/11.

He chose subject matter that addressed current events directly, offering his view on widely publicized tragedies such as the mass suicides at Jonestown, the O. J. Simpson trial, the Gulf War, as wells as more personal injustices such as homosexual discrimination during the HIV / AIDS epidemic.

[18][19][20] Her subjects concern the human condition and the tragedy of war, and her work in this aspect follows on after artists such as Käthe Kollwitz and Francisco Goya.

In the fall of 1914, however, Hartley's exuberance was dashed by a series of tragedies: he learned that his father had died in August, the same month as the outbreak of World War I; on October 7 Freyburg was killed in battle on the western front; and soon thereafter Rönnebeck was seriously wounded and hospitalized.

In 2008 Kørner completed War Problems, a series sixteen large - scale paintings, each representing a Danish solider killed in combat in Afghanistan and each bearing a single name, which function as a collective expression of the human tragedy imparted by this wWar Problems, a series sixteen large - scale paintings, each representing a Danish solider killed in combat in Afghanistan and each bearing a single name, which function as a collective expression of the human tragedy imparted by this warwar.

The clerks whose words one reads tend to gloss over mass tragedy from war, returning plague etc except as these events affect prices and labour availability.

On holiday in Tuscany I am able to digest (as opposed to take in) the news about the tsunami of peace & security crises the world is now facing: Russia, Ukraine and the tragedy of MH17, the Israel - Gaza war, the war in Syria, and the conquests by ISIS.