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morality play

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as in narrative

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Recent Examples of morality play This may be more true in the United States than in our country, because the United States was founded as a kind of moral project, and therefore [there’s] the sense that history can operate as a morality play. — Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2026 McMahon likes to remind scolds that wrestling is a morality play. — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026 Meanwhile, in deep-blue strongholds, law-abiding people and small shop owners keep getting treated like background characters in someone else’s morality play. — Larry Clifton, Sun Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026 And yet, many of us still see economic failure as a morality play. — Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 10 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for morality play

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In a moment when utopia remains nowhere but dystopia seemingly everywhere, what’s the utility of this particular narrative, of any of these stories?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2026
As a child, Link looks almost cherubic, along with the perpetually young Kokiri, and adult Link is a more detailed version of his non-toon GameCube and Wii descendants (in terms of game progression, not in-universe narrative).

— Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026

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For a young country, the United States is overblessed – or burdened – with myths about its foundation and how the nation has conducted itself at home and abroad.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2026
The company said much of India’s mainstream horror keeps returning to the same supernatural staples and predictable beats, even though the country’s myths, folk tales and local beliefs offer far richer material.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Nov. 2026

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