Word: claustrophobia
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...evokes the sense of claustrophobia in “The Pillowman”—psychological because of the brutal torture the detectives inflict on Katurian and physical because of the intense proximity mediated by the space of the Loeb Ex itself. The set incorporates a giant translucent box, an even smaller cage imposed in the room where Katurian is imprisoned. The box is meant to represent the room where Michal was tortured as a child. Whether illuminated with sinister green neon during a scene of violence, or adorned along its edges with garlands of somber flowers in moments...
...novel contains fragmentary portions of a play, as well as another novel, Flaubert’s “The Legend of St. Julian the Hospitalier.” It is through the fragmentary nature of his work that Martel is able to evoke the sense of fear and claustrophobia that his subject matter can leave in its wake...
...stasis in Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot,” and as Henry himself notes, his “flip-book” would have two doors, “but no exit.” This conceit is reminiscent of the hellish, locked claustrophobia of Sartre’s “Huis Clos...
...credit in both Delhi and Beijing. It is increasingly reliant on China, but has also undertaken security exercises [under the Bush Administration] that tried to work together with democratic countries like Japan, India and Australia at the exclusion of China. This fed into the traditional political claustrophobia many in China have - a sense that, in the end, Asia will be a very hostile environment for their development and geopolitical rise...
...start talking about blocking, the sooner you can start discussing how and when you're going to break the news to “that kid that no one likes.” Also, the sooner you bring up blocking, the sooner you can figure out who can fake claustrophobia so you don't get put in a room the size of a shoebox in Winthrop...