Beckon

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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object) 

1. to signal, summon, 

or 

direct by a gesture of the head or hand. 



2. to lure; entice. 



–noun 

3. a nod, gesture, etc., that signals, directs, summons, indicates agreement, or the like. 





 　

Bookending Borg's odyssey of self-discovery are a series of symbolic images at the beginning of the film (a clock without [hands], a man without a face) and a hauntingly beautiful finale, in which professor is beckoned back [to] the "perfect" world he left behind so many years earlier. 



This classic art movie remains one of Bergman's most accessible films and one of the most influential European art movies of its generation. Its intense focus on one man's thoughts, regrets, and memories [set] the tone for innumerable psychological character studies in its [wake].





instigate

Entice (desire) & Incite (act)

enticing 

elicit (illicit, illegal)

solicit No soliciting [allowed] in this building. cf. tout

solicitude the tender solicitude of [parents]

galvanize

but Rourke creates a [galvanizing], humorous, deeply moving portrait

Convulsion