The Age of Reason provoked a hostile reaction from most readers and critics, although the intensity of that hostility varied by locality.

Upon seeing the word, readers experience a panic reaction.

The power in this type of writing can be seen in the reaction of contemporary readers.

Despite this positive reaction from readers, for decades literary critics dismissed the style found in Uncle Tom's Cabin and other sentimental novels because these books were written by women and so prominently featured " women's sloppy emotions.

" In the same year Joyce met Maria and Eugene Jolas in Paris, just as his new work was generating an increasingly negative reaction from readers and critics, culminating in The Dials refusal to publish the four chapters of Book III in September 1926.

Fan reaction has been mixed, with some readers disliking the series ' departure from crime noir thriller to focus more on the sexual dynamics in the series.

" Lewis also questioned how much of a reaction Thucydides wanted to get from his readers, based on the cruelty the Athenians showed the Melians.

The more closely Child addressed some of the abuses, the more negative reaction she received from her readers.

The reaction of reviewers and readers to the first two books in the series, Shikasta and The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five ( 1980 ), prompted Lessing to write in the Preface to the third book, The Sirian Experiments ( 1980 ):

Such reasoned discussion of the justification for terror is not at all unusual, which is why it elicits no reaction in respectable circles just as there is no word of comment among its left-liberal contributors and readers when the New Republic, long considered the beacon of American liberalism, advocates military aid to " Latin-style fascists ... regardless of how many are murdered " because " there are higher American priorities than Salvadoran human rights.

* 2007: Kenneth R. Weiss, Usha Lee McFarling and Rick Loomis of the Los Angeles Times, " for their richly portrayed reports on the world's distressed oceans, telling the story in print and online, and stirring reaction among readers and officials.

In December 1980, Christgau provoked angry responses from Voice readers when his column approvingly quoted his wife Carola Dibbell's reaction to the murder of John Lennon: " Why is it always Bobby Kennedy or John Lennon?

Tolkien and in reaction to a handful of writers he claims exploit Tolkien's milieu and the readers ' imaginations with derivative, commercial fantasy:

The title character's dedication to the military produced a negative reaction among readers during the Vietnam War, and the strip dropped in circulation as a result.

" Such was the reaction in Italy that the Gazetta dello Sport asked a lire from each of its readers to reward him.

Editor Michael O ' Kane defended the publication, saying to the BBC: " I did this as a service to our readers, I'm a little taken aback by the reaction in the UK.

From 1938 to 1961, she was married to David Grene, a classicist who also farmed in Illinois and in his native Ireland ; besides farming, she also wrote, introducing English-speaking readers to the existentialists, though their philosophy drew from her the reaction, " Ugh.

During The New Guardians short run, Extraño acquired a powerful crystal skull ( which seemed to greatly amplify his abilities ) and a more traditional, " masculine " superhero costume, perhaps as a reaction to the comments of readers.

*" The Ballad of John Henry " typically contain four major components: a premonition by John Henry as a child that steel-driving would lead to his death, the lead-up to and the results of the race against the steam hammer, Henry's death and burial, and the reaction of John Henry's wife.

He had, moreover, had no part in the divorce of Catherine of Aragon or in the humiliation of Mary during Henry's reign, and he made no scruple about conforming to the Catholic reaction.

Disgruntled peers attempted to undo Henry's reforms by the Magna Carta forced on King John, but by that time the reforms had progressed too far — and their superiority over the system they had replaced was too obvious — for the forces of reaction to gain much ground.

The presentation of Henry's reaction to the rebellion also differs in Hall and Holinshed.

When Buckingham arrives to bring news to Henry of Eleanor's dabbling in necromancy, Henry's reaction is pious and sorrowful, " O God, what mischiefs work the wicked ones ,/ Heaping confusion on their heads thereby " ( 2. 1. 181 – 182 ).

After Henry's death, the Guelf reaction against the Ghibelline leaders in northern Italy, Matteo Visconti and Cangrande della Scala, made it seem for a time that Robert would become the arbiter of Italy.

Ballads about John Henry's life typically contain four major components: a premonition by John Henry as a child that steel-driving would lead to his death, the lead-up to and the results of the race against the steam hammer, Henry's death and burial, and the reaction of John Henry's wife.

In reaction to King Henry's tax levy, Michael Joseph ( An Gof ), a blacksmith from St. Keverne and Thomas Flamank a lawyer of Bodmin, incited many of the people of Cornwall into armed revolt against the King.

The Four Million, the title of a book by O. Henry, was a reaction to this phrase, expressing Henry's opinion that every human being in New York was worthy of notice.

Darker aspects of his personality begin to emerge as well ; he rapes a bride and groom on their wedding day because of a minor fit of jealousy, and orders the execution of Gemellus merely to provoke a reaction from Drusilla.

The book received mostly positive critical and reader reaction, and helped to reinvent Roth's image as a popular wit and adventurer, with a bon vivant personality.

It was stated in the later inquest that Mrs Clark was diagnosed with a number of serious psychiatric problems, " hese problems included enduring personality change after catastrophic experience, protracted grief reaction and alcohol dependency syndrome.

A horse may have a strong reaction after an accident if the elements that preceded the trauma are repeated at a future time ( for example, it would be reasonable for Pilgrim to have developed a fear of vehicles, of crossing a road, or of climbing a steep slope ), but not generally a complete change in personality, manner and outlook in the way that can occur in traumatized humans.

However, initial reaction to lead character Shinn Asuka has been mixed due to his antagonistic personality and how some of the new and returning characters overshadowed his role in the series.

He joked, however, about a negative reaction if his character would be made to look like fitness personality Richard Simmons.

Rotter ’ s ( 1954 ) locus of control theory in personality psychology has also been used to determine individual differences in reaction to situations of conflict.

She has a very pleasing personality, one that draws people to her instantly and makes them feel that they are meeting a friend instead of a Hollywood Star .” Beavers had a personality that brought people towards her and caused a common reaction, people wanted to watch her charm in more movies.

Throughout the novel, Stowe portrays the reaction of different personality types to the pressures of Calvinist principles, illustrating in this manner what she perceives as Calvinism's strengths and weaknesses.

During this time, on-air personality Steve Masters began experimenting with modern rock on his evening show and the reaction was overwhelmingly positive.

That reaction, and Christie's exaggeration of the effects of the attack, stemmed from an underlying personality disorder that caused him to exaggerate or feign illness as a ploy to get attention and sympathy.

More recent IUPAC recommendations now suggest the newer term " hydronium " be used in favor of the older accepted term " oxonium " to illustrate reaction mechanisms such as those defined in the Brønsted – Lowry and solvent system definitions more clearly, with the Arrhenius definition serving as a simple general outline of acid – base character.

It is usually established by being positioned between a shot of a character looking at something, and a shot showing the character's reaction ( see shot reverse shot ).

Dawson's initial reaction to the script of the first-season episode " Faces " was one of doubt ; she felt that it occurred too early in the series and that she didn't know the character well enough to play her as two separate people.

The character was dropped after the first season, but due to strong fan reaction and lobbying by Hasselhoff and Mulhare, she was returned for the third season and remained through the end of the series.

According to Dourif, Jackson encouraged him to shave off his eyebrows so that the audience would immediately have a subliminal reaction of unease to the character.

Fast cutting is also frequently used when shooting dialogue between two or more characters, changing the viewer's perspective to either focus on the reaction of another character's dialog, or to bring to attention the non-verbal actions of the speaking character.

The game's audio was met with an ambivalent reaction, with critics enjoying the music but complaining about the " annoying " character catchphrases.

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After favorable reader reaction to John Constantine's appearances in the comic book series Swamp Thing, where he had been introduced by Alan Moore during his authorship of the title, the character was given his own comic book series in 1988.

One of the group, the Reg mentioned in the title, is not a character in the play but the whole plot revolves around his apparent promiscuity and the chain reaction of deception and betrayal set off by it.

The Redford character perhaps in reaction to the inevitable Streisand performance, is passive and without edges.

They represent a reaction from the high hopes of the author's youth, when wise legislation was assumed to be a remedy for every public ill. Greg was a man of deep moral earnestness of character and was interested in many philanthropic works.

Len Wein later sold the character to Marvel as an X-Men character, Len Wein has said that he wrote him as " a kind of tragic monster " and this was fairly apparent from his first scenes in Giant Sized X-Men # 1 involving his flight from the mob and his subsequent reaction to them wanting to burn him down from the rooftop.

The novel's central character is Étienne Lantier, previously seen in L ' Assommoir ( 1877 ), and originally to have been the central character in Zola's " murder on the trains " thriller La Bête humaine ( 1890 ) before the overwhelmingly positive reaction to Germinal persuaded him otherwise.

The moment is unsettling … We do not know why the figure has reacted like this ; we do not know when the reaction happens ; we do not know where the reaction takes place .” Beckett told Mel Gussow that “ it was not his intention to have the character make an appeal … He is a triumphant martyr rather than a sacrificial victim … and it is meant to cow onlookers into submission through the intensity of his gaze and stoicism ,”

* Errata Stigmata: a somewhat surreal character who develops stigmata as a reaction to severe emotional trauma.

After being questioned about his reaction to the character during a 1977 lecture at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Thompson commented that " some people grow up and want to be firemen, and some want to be president ; nobody wants to grow up and be a cartoon character ".

In a conversation with one of his quartermasters, St. Clair observed that he could " save his character and lose the army " by holding the fort, or " save the army and lose his character " if he retreated, giving a clear indication of the political reaction he was expecting to his decision.

Due to a strong audience reaction, the graphic and infamous " monkey-cat " sequence was cut from the film to make it easier for audiences to maintain more sympathy for Brundle's character.