Favorite Fictional Characters: John Wemmick
Wemmick is a man divided. Divided between work and Walworth, where he lives out an idyllic denial of all that is dehumanising about his workaday existence.
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Film Fiction Theatre Music PoetryWemmick is a man divided. Divided between work and Walworth, where he lives out an idyllic denial of all that is dehumanising about his workaday existence.
A common criticism of Dickens is that his female characters never rise above being two-dimensional. However amongst the demure angels and the grotesque caricatures, Betsey Trotwood of David Copperfield is a magnificent exception.
"What a piece of work is man..."
Paul, Apostle of Christ, 2018. Directed by Andrew Hyatt.
The fiction of British-Maltese writer Fiorella De Maria depicts women in fierce struggle with the forces which undermine human dignity: yet they illustrate that God is not in the storm. He is in the silence, where we can hear Him, and furthermore, hear ourselves think. Above all, He is the safe harbor from which we are launched into a great, though sometimes painful adventure.
Lady Bird, 2018. Directed by Greta Gerwig.
Lighthouse of the Orcas (Lo Faro de las Orcas), 2017. Directed by Gerardo Olivares.
Clare Kipps, Sold for a Farthing (Frederick Muller, 1953).
Dunkirk, 2017. Directed by Christopher Nolan.
Wonder Woman, 2017. Directed by Patty Jenkins.