Antithesis (Greek for setting opposite, from á¼Î½ÏÎ¯ against and Î¸Î­ÏÎ¹Ï placing) is used in writing or speech either as a proposition that contrasts with or reverses some previously mentioned proposition, or when two opposites are introduced together for contrasting effect.
Daniel Day Lewis is retiring from acting because in his next film he's playing a man who is retiring from acting â Alyssa Limperis (@alyssalimp) June 20, 2017 Daniel Day Lewis has retired from acting as part of a four year method preparation for playing a retired actor.
This is Daniel Day-Lewis, star of Lincoln (opening Nov. 9), who faced the paradoxical challenge of portraying a man whom everyone and no one knows at once. Lincoln is near enough that we can look at the light that fell upon himâhe was the first U.S. President to be photographed extensivelyâbut not so near that we can hear his voice or see his odd, flat-footed walk.