While this at times brings him sympathy, his whiteness overshadows his Irishness. It is the consciousness of humans helplessly succumbing to a reality which overshadows them. Its popularity perhaps even overshadows Beaumachais' original play. Ethnic hostility appears where ethnicity overshadows social classes as the primordial system of social stratification. Then something happens that overshadows everything else. Some question if the costs of hunting terrorists now overshadows the loss of citizen privacy. Jupiter's strong radiation belt overshadows Io, delivering 3,600 rem a day to the moon. Throughout the piece, Bruce overshadows all his associates.