▁the ▁art istry ▁of ▁differenti ated ▁forms ; ▁beauty ▁as ▁measured ▁by ▁discipline , ▁proportion , ▁and ▁l umin ous ▁dist in ctions . ▁This ▁all usion ▁to ▁Saint ▁Sebastian ' s ▁suffering , ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁writer ly ▁professional ism ▁of ▁the ▁nov ella ' s ▁protagon ist , ▁Gustav ▁A schen bach , ▁provides ▁a ▁model ▁for ▁the ▁" h ero ism ▁born ▁of ▁weak ness ", ▁which ▁character izes ▁po ise ▁amid st ▁ag on izing ▁tor ment ▁and ▁plain ▁accept ance ▁of ▁one ' s ▁fate ▁as , ▁beyond ▁mere ▁p atience ▁and ▁pass ivity , ▁a ▁st yl ized ▁achiev ement ▁and ▁art istic ▁triumph . ▁ ▁In ▁George ▁Or well ' s ▁fut ur istic ▁novel ▁Nin ete en ▁E ight y - F our , ▁the ▁protagon ist ▁W inst on ▁Smith , ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁he ▁is ▁not ▁aware ▁she ▁actually ▁lov es ▁him ▁and ▁h ates ▁the ▁Party , ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁dream s ▁of ▁rav ishing ▁the ▁girl ▁Julia , ▁and ▁having ▁her ▁pier ced ▁through ▁with ▁ar rows ▁like ▁Saint ▁Sebastian . ▁ ▁Sebastian ' s ▁death ▁was ▁dep icted ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 9 ▁film ▁Fab i ola , ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁was ▁played ▁by ▁Mass imo ▁G iro tt i . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 6 , ▁the ▁British ▁director ▁D erek ▁Jar man ▁made ▁a ▁film , ▁Sebast iane , ▁which ▁caused ▁controvers y ▁in ▁its ▁treatment ▁of ▁the ▁mart yr ▁as ▁a ▁" hom