portray
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“But their global view, that they have an obligation to establish the rule of God in the land of God, that didn’t change. It’s a misrepresentation to portray them as only nationally-focused forever”
But while it explores the sad origins of one of Shakespeare's greatest plays, Hamlet, it never portrays Agnes as just the playwright's wife - she is at the heart of the film.
From BBC
In the Apple TV series, Rhys, 52, portrays Tom Loftis, a mayor desperate to revive his struggling community, but whose residents view him as "soft and cowardly".
From BBC
For “The Tail,” Kent portrays a whale’s flukes above a mild sea.
The friar, writes Mr. Restall, portrayed Columbus as “a flawed but heroic agent of God.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
