human condition
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He tells the BBC the film portrays "the human condition", with the characters living in "the apocalypse" but "still looking for something else and hoping for something else".
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Students really enjoy Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” — it’s all about the human condition and cancel culture, forbidden love and lies and deceit, with witches in the forest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
“In my mind, it’s never been cynical about the human condition and about the importance of families, love and mercy and kindness,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
“I am afraid to own a Body— / I am afraid to own a Soul— / Profound—precarious Property— / Possession, not optional—” There it is, captured in four lines by Emily Dickinson, the human condition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
I had returned to that period of innocence in my life, that period of exploration of the human condition.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
