It was a peak Ripper Street moment in terms of
grimness and made for quite a memorable opening scene - a bobby trudges along on his wintery beat under the Williamsburg Bridge, only to halt at the discovery of a small severed hand in the road.
Life's
grimness is unmistakable, but the narrative's poised insistence on the perseverance of the human spirit banishes gloom.
And not out of modesty, but because of the cynicism, sustained by the general
grimness of the situation, that prevails.
In this moment of complete
grimness he did not compromise his principles and refused to sign the document which could be his ticket to freedom.
A large reason for its
grimness is this joyless cycle that seems to handicap the protagonist.
On the pitch however, 2016 has been a year of unrelenting
grimness.
Dying Is Not God For You 1 and 2 also feature cyronics institutes - the
grimness of the facilities questioning the whole idea of the process.
This beautiful book depicts the
grimness of the orphanage, and the dark side of Venice and is a vivid description of what happens when a passion for music is awakened.
The whole world makes you believe something metaphysical is going to happen right when the clock hits midnight announcing the end of your twenties and the beginning of a new era of adulthood, seriousness and pretty much
grimness. But the truth is, when it was 12 a.m.
At a time when there's a lot of
grimness around, that's got to be good news for us all.
From desolate rural landscapes, to urban
grimness, every location seems to have been specically chosen to sap your will to live.
Green blue and black dominates the color palette and presents the image of fecundity combined with the
grimness that defines the region.
The RSS for instance are a grim lot and as a society we love
grimness. It is the closest we get to being serious.
From minors slaving away in sweat shops to slumdog slaves, from beggars to lives on the streets reminiscent of Dickensian
grimness our millions of kids get very little soup.
Basil Rathbone served as an intelligence officer, a notoriously dangerous role, for the battalion and wrote entertaining letters home about the
grimness of life in the trenches - at least until his beloved younger sibling, Captain John Rathbone of the Dorset Regiment, was killed in action in June 1918.
