It is thus a Janus-faced entity, a paradoxical phenomenon that reflects the paradoxical nature of the human condition. |
A Janus-faced entity who, looking inward, sees himself as a self-contained unique whole, looking outward as a dependent part. |
I would like to propose a term for the texts that voice this Janus-faced perspective on grief and for the wider cultural syndrome of which they were a part. |
These reveal a Janus-faced director, working firmly in a tradition of Victorian hagiography, but clearly searching for contemporary relevance. |
Perhaps this goes some way to explaining why one of our biggest stars is such a Janus-faced mess of narcissism and self-loathing. |
It is more or less reduced to Janus-faced etiquettes of the moral and grotesque body, placed by the author, as it seems, where most suitable. |