Saint Sebastian This allusion to Saint Sebastian's suffering, associated with the writerly professionalism of the novella's protagonist, Gustav Aschenbach, provides a model for the "heroism born of weakness", which characterizes poise amidst agonizing torment and plain acceptance of one's fate as, beyond mere patience and passivity, a stylized achievement and artistic triumph. In George Orwell's futuristic novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four", the protagonist Winston Smith, at the time he is not aware she actually loves him and hates the Party, is said to have dreams of ravishing the girl Julia, and having her pierced through with arrows like Saint Sebastian. Sebastian's death was depicted
Toronto Arrows Toronto Arrows The Toronto Arrows is a rugby union club based out of Toronto in Canada that in Major League Rugby as of 2019.. The Arrows team is an independent off-shoot of the Ontario Blues Rugby Football Club and is funded by a group of private investors and supporters. The team's home field is York Lions Stadium on the Keele Campus of York University. The team was founded as the Ontario Arrows in 2017 with the intent of joining the Major League Rugby competition for the 2019 season. The Arrows debuted September 9, 2017 in a match against the Glendale