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Recent Examples of morality play
Both saw foreign policy as a morality play pitting good against evil.
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Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
The Tudor drama morphs into a morality play via Sir Thomas More, beheaded by Henry in 1535 for refusing to recognize him as supreme head of the Church of England.
—Elle Carroll, Vulture, 18 June 2024
Playground By Richard Powers Playground seems on the surface to belong in the first group—the flat-character morality plays that have come to define Powers’s later career.
—Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024
The most celebrated Spanish novelists and directors of the Franco era offered accounts of people’s lives that avoided simple morality plays and partisan games.
—Victor Pérez-Díaz, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2013
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Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
The Tudor drama morphs into a morality play via Sir Thomas More, beheaded by Henry in 1535 for refusing to recognize him as supreme head of the Church of England.
—Elle Carroll, Vulture, 18 June 2024
Playground By Richard Powers Playground seems on the surface to belong in the first group—the flat-character morality plays that have come to define Powers’s later career.
—Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024
The most celebrated Spanish novelists and directors of the Franco era offered accounts of people’s lives that avoided simple morality plays and partisan games.
—Victor Pérez-Díaz, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2013
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for morality play
Noun
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The puzzle at the center of The Accountant 2 matters insofar as the film needs a narrative propellant.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Mar. 2025
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Philibert, who edits his own films, added that the most important thing was to construct a narrative.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
9 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Fittingly for this mission, in mythology, Athena is Artemis' half-sister.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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In Japanese mythology, oarfish are viewed as harbingers of doom, signaling impending earthquakes.—
Amanda Holpuch,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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This is the foundational myth that sustains a tendency towards intellectual tyranny.—
Jacob Hale Russell,
TIME,
4 Mar. 2025
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And Patton’s memorable opening speech hints at the film’s hesitancy about turning men into myths.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Morality play.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morality%20play. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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