The Russian writer Dostoevsky ( himself a problem gambler ) portrays in his novella The Gambler the psychological implications of gambling and how gambling can affect gamblers.

Fox portrays himself as always in the right and always vindicated by God's interventions on his behalf.

In Tootsie ( 1982 ), Hoffman portrays Michael Dorsey, a struggling actor who finds himself dressing up as a woman to land a role on a soap opera.

Although Gunge portrays himself as the brains of the pair, neither ever really prove a great help.

DeForest Kelley portrays Doctor Leonard McCoy, who is given many of the film's comedic lines ; Kelley biographer Terry Lee Rioux wrote that in the film " he seemed to be playing straight man to himself ".

* Hungarian psychologist Péter Popper wrote a novel in 1997 Peloni or the Testament of Pilate in which Pilate portrays himself as a cultivated Roman bewildered by Judea and the Jews, who experienced some of the divine power of Jesus and executed him on Jesus's own impulse.

He portrays himself as a father figure towards them and would usually regard them as his boys.

* He portrays himself in Harold Robbins 1995 follow-up to The Carpetbaggers, The Raiders.

In his book, Delmedigo portrays himself as defender of Maimonidean Judaism, and — like many Maimonideans — he emphasized the rationality of Jewish tradition.

* Ron MacLean-the host of Hockey Night in Canada has appeared on Air Farce in several sketches, most notably one in which he portrays himself alongside Goy ( as the Queen who is impersonating Don Cherry ).

* Brian Williams-then-CBC Sports anchor who has made several appearances on Air Farce, most memorably in which he portrays himself locked in his studio at the conclusion of the 2000 Olympic Games.

Nogson portrays himself as " fierce ", but is actually anything but.

When Frank Willard, author of Moon Mullins, narrates a scene from his workplace, he portrays himself as a rowdy underdog much like The Yellow Kid.

A later scene portrays FDR literally dragging himself up the stairs as, through grit and determination, he painfully strives to overcome his physical limitations and not remain an invalid.

Theatre historian Don Wilmeth noted Gray's contribution to a unique style of writing and acting: " The 1980s saw the rise of the autobiographical monologue, its leading practitioner Spalding Gray, the WASP from Rhode Island who portrays himself as an innocent abroad in a crazy contemporary world.

In the video Stevens portrays himself, Santa, the prosecutor, and the Judge.

: An occasional actor on the show ( and a member of Jimmy's writing staff ), Tony Barbieri periodically portrays Jake Byrd, who insinuates himself into real life events around the country, seeking attention and irritating those around him.

Just behind them, Velázquez portrays himself working at a large canvas.

KQ6 primarily portrays the plan as Alhazred's plan to become the new King of the Green Isles ( who asks for advice from Shadrack ), and the Companion takes it further as the ultimate plan is to lead to the Land's destruction ( possibly instigated by Shadrack himself, with Abdul Alhazred being Mordack's underling ).

Possibly the most adept at musical depiction in his program music was the German composer Richard Strauss, whose symphonic poems include Death and Transfiguration ( portraying a dying man and his entry into heaven ), Don Juan ( based on the ancient legend of Don Juan ), Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks ( based on episodes in the career of the legendary German figure Till Eulenspiegel ), Don Quixote ( portraying episodes in the life of Miguel de Cervantes ' character, Don Quixote ), A Hero's Life ( which depicts episodes in the life of an unnamed hero often taken to be Strauss himself ) and Symphonia Domestica ( which portrays episodes in the composer's own married life, including putting the baby to bed ).

This would have discredited Sarmiento as a respected father of Argentina, as Sarmiento portrays himself as a sole individual, disregarding or denouncing important ties to other people and groups in his life.

He portrays himself as a veteran stage actor trying to make a new name for himself while having several substance-related vices.

Instead, he often proclaims himself to be a pirate, and typically portrays himself as such in his articles and artwork.

The film, based on Robert Graysmith's book The Murder of Bob Crane: Who Killed the Star of Hogan's Heroes ?, portrays Crane as a happily married, church-going family man and popular Los Angeles disc jockey who suddenly becomes a Hollywood celebrity, and subsequently declines into sex addiction.

BALPA was featured in the Monty Python's Flying Circus television episode " Déjà Vu " in which Eric Idle portrays the BALPA spokesman in the ' Flying Lessons ' sketch.

Among the dystopias, for example, Isaac Asimov's The Caves Of Steel ( 1954 ) portrays the deadly effects on human life of the super-city of the future ; ;

For example, arrow 17 in Figure 3 portrays the proximal radial epiphysis for boy 34, whereas the same epiphysis for girl 2 is portrayed by arrow 18 in Figure 4.

Many who side with this view disagree that Luke portrays Christianity or the Roman Empire as harmless and thus reject the apologetic view because “ Acts does not present Christians as politically harmless or law abiding for there are a large number of public controversies concerning Christianity, particularly featuring Paul .” For example, to support this view Cassidy references how Paul is accused of going against the Emperor because he is “ saying that there is another king named Jesus .” ( Acts 17: 7 ) Furthermore, there are multiple examples of Paul ’ s preaching causing uprisings in various cities ( Acts 14: 2 ; 14: 19 ; 16: 19-23 ; 17: 5 ; 17: 13-14 ; 19: 28-40 ; 21: 27 ).

" By contrast, the composition from the Byzantine point of view portrays Constantine Palaeologus as a brave leader who gave his life for the cause.

Though Le Fanu portrays his vampire's sexuality with the circumspection that one would expect for his time, it is evident that lesbian attraction is the main dynamic between Carmilla and the narrator of the story:

Dilbert portrays corporate culture as a Kafkaesque world of bureaucracy for its own sake and office politics that stand in the way of productivity, where employees ' skills and efforts are not rewarded, and busy work is praised.

* Courteney Cox portrays Monica Geller, the mother hen of the group and a chef, known for her perfectionist, bossy and competitive nature.

* Matt LeBlanc portrays Joey Tribbiani, a struggling actor and food lover who becomes famous for his role on Days of our Lives as Dr. Drake Ramoray.

* Matthew Perry portrays Chandler Bing, an executive in statistical analysis and data reconfiguration for a large multi-national corporation.

She argues that Bacon's movement for the advancement of learning was closely connected with the German Rosicrucian movement, while Bacon's New Atlantis portrays a land ruled by Rosicrucians.

Moreover, orchestral and contrapuntal innovation is characteristic of his style: for instance, the strings producing a rapid ascending scale in Monterone's scene in Rigoletto accentuate the drama, and, in the same opera, the chorus humming six closely grouped notes backstage portrays, very effectively, the brief ominous wails of the approaching tempest.

Lovecraft portrays this potential for a growing gap of man's understanding of the universe as a potential for horror.

The Book of Acts portrays the disciples of John as eventually merging into the followers of Jesus ( Acts 18: 24-19: 6 ), a development not reported by the Gospels except for the early case of Andrew, Simon Peter's brother ( John 1: 35-42 ).

Gene Hackman portrays Lex Luthor in the 1978 Superman film, along with two of its sequels, Superman II ( 1980 ) and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace ( 1987 ).

It portrays Lipscomb playing his guitar whilst seated on a bench, with room for fans to sit beside him and play their own guitars " with " him.

In his 2000 book, The Informant, Kurt Eichenwald, a former New York Times reporter, portrays Whitacre as a complex figure: while working for the FBI as one of the best and most effective undercover cooperating witnesses the U. S. government ever had, Whitacre was simultaneously committing a US $ 9 million white-collar crime.

This engraving portrays melancholia as the state of waiting for inspiration to strike, and not necessarily as a depressive affliction.

Red Planet, for example, portrays some very subversive themes, including a revolution in which young students are involved ; his editor demanded substantial changes in this book's discussion of topics such as the use of weapons by children and the misidentified sex of the Martian character.

The book portrays a society in which suffrage is earned by demonstrated willingness to place society's interests before one's own, at least for a short time and often under onerous circumstances, in government service ; in the case of the protagonist, this was military service.

In keeping with his belief in individualism, his work for adults — and sometimes even his work for juveniles — often portrays both the oppressors and the oppressed with considerable ambiguity.

In 1996 King collaborated with Michael Jackson to create Ghosts, a 40-minute musical video in which the singer portrays a recluse living in a mansion confronting an unwelcoming group of townsfolk initially calling for his exodus from their community.

Bede puts a clear emphasis on Oswald being saintly as a king ; although he could be interpreted as a martyr for his subsequent death in battle, Bede portrays Oswald as being saintly for his deeds in life and does not focus on his martyrdom as being primary to his sainthood — indeed, it has been noted that Bede never uses the word " martyr " in reference to Oswald.