"All the world's a stage, / And the men and women merely players: / They have their exits and their entrances; / And one man in his time plays many parts." So wrote our friend Bill Shakespeare some 400 years ago in one of his most profound observations on the human condition. Yet, we often treat this life as if we really are the people we're playing. Imagine how few troubles we might have if we remember it's only a role we are playing. All we need do is play it as best we can and then gracefully exit the stage.
This week AWAD features words from the world of theater. deuteragonist (doo-tuh-RAG-uh-nist, dyoo-) noun The second most important part in a play. [From Greek deutero- (second) + agonistes (contestant, actor).] -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "Jennifer Paterson cut such an extraordinary figure that it was easy to overlook the fact that she was, for most of her life, a deuteragonist rather than a main player." Jonathan Meades; Before She Was Fat; The Times (London, UK); Sep 2, 2000. Sponsored by: Amazing! Computer typing speed and accuracy in only a few hours! Quick! Easy! For kids and adults. Only $30.00 + S/H. http://HerzogKeyboarding.com Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?ad=aw&code=mx0 ............................................................................ The best work is done with the heart breaking, or overflowing. -Mignon McLaughlin, journalist and author (1913-1983) Discuss this week's words on our bulletin board: http://wordsmith.org/board Remove, change address, gift subs: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/deuteragonist.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/deuteragonist.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/deuteragonist.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
