| Pan is most often portrayed with the torso of a man, the hooved legs and twisty horns of a wild goat, and the capricious face of a human. |
| Once weekly it presents a critique of the week's news items as portrayed by the print, film and radio media. |
| Discovering and forging westering paths was increasingly portrayed as a heroic, transforming experience. |
| Though the scenario is murky, several of the main characters are affectingly portrayed. |
| Opponents relentlessly portrayed the quiet, devout Rachel as an adulteress at best, more often as a seductress and loose woman. |
| In the myth-making of the Middle East, it allowed the West to be portrayed as weak and irresolute. |
