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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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There will be a narrative, at least nationally, that this Drake season, or even this Drake upset (technically), came out of nowhere.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
21 Mar. 2025
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Yet, Manhattan Institute authors use older findings to push their narrative, ignoring the global, flawed data.—
Taylor Millard,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Freya — one of the most powerful and beloved deities in Norse mythology — is the goddess of love, beauty, fertility and magic.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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While King Triton has legs, a Triton is described in Greek mythology as the son of Poseidon and a sea warrior with the lower body of a fish.—
John Raby,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Wielding Excalibur, the sword of myth, Gawain grows more powerful as the sun rises, reaching peak strength at midday.—
Alan Yuhas,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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The lone creator is a myth that goes back a long time in art history.—
Jay Cheshes,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Morality play.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morality%20play. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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