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    Handel has four motifs which are: ‘And the Glory the Glory of the Lord’ – This motif outlines the chord of A major‚ the tonic chord‚ and moves up the last three notes of the scale. This helps to establish the key. The word-setting is syllabic‚ one word to a syllable. ‘Shall be revealed’ – In this motif the second bar is a repeat of the first bar but a tone lower. The word ‘revealed’ is melismatic (several notes to one syllable). ‘For the mouth of the lord hath spoken it’ – In this motif the use of

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    Introduction Few would challenge the claim that Wilfred Owen is the greatest writer of war poetry in the English language. He wrote out of his intense personal experience as a soldier and wrote with unrivalled power of the physical‚ moral and psychological trauma of the First World War. All of his great war poems on which his reputation rests were written in a mere fifteen months. From the age of nineteen Wilfred Owen wanted to become a poet and immersed himself in poetry‚ being especially impressed

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    characters – there are the entire element to create a heartless story. To demonstrate that gothic literature is always heartless in every story‚ this paper will discuss three main arguments: First of all‚ this paper will describe and develop the gothic motifs and conventions. Secondly‚ it will analyze the importance of isolation that leads to insanity in most of gothic stories. Finally‚ we will show that gothic literature draws an ironical image of romantics’

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    In this particular case we have a problem with an individual named Davis Meany AKA the Lawyer that has been with the company for a good amount of time however he has been a burden to work with due to the fact he can never be told do something without have some kind of input. He uses his contract to get him out of doing work that is being asked for him . When this happens instead of arguing or putting up with his temper the work is just assigned to someone else just so that it gets done without any

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    The Graduate‚ directed by Mike Nichol’s in 1967‚ is about Benjamin Braddock‚ a recent college graduate‚ who is stuck in the middle of his past and his future. Throughout the film‚ you learn that Benjamin is a lonely young man who is confused about what to do since he has graduated. During a graduation party that his parents had thrown for him‚ with none of Benjamin’s friends because he has none‚ Mrs. Robinson had asked him to drive her home since her husband took the car. Mrs. Robinson is the wife

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    Ray Bradbury puts motifs to represent and show the audience hints for what is going to happen. In the book Fahrenheit 451‚ Bradbury‚ they live in a society they live is against the law to read books and use your imagination. Bradbury uses motifs. Motifs are symbols that are repeated throughout the story. It shows objects represent things. For example he uses fire‚ mirrors‚ and both alive and death. Bradbury used quite of few motifs. But why does he use them? I think he uses them to show the reads

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    The 5th Wave‚ was full of motifs. First it was the Teddy Bear‚ then it was her Cell Phone that doesn’t work anymore‚ and finally it was the word Survive. I know the two first word s make total sense but the last one the word Survive‚ it seems as if doesn’t belong. But in reality the motifs in the story they mean so much more than living and a distant memory. The teddy bear that Cassie is always carrying is not even hers. So how does this even connect to the story? Well it was her little brothers

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    play‚ Cupid is a motif. A motif symbolizes something‚ and Cupid is supposed to symbolize the erratic love that the teens feel in this drama‚but some of the characters take it the wrong way and think of it a bit differently. Romeo thinks Cupid uses a bow that love is something that you can conquer‚ but it is something that is mutually felt between two people. So in the play‚ Cupid actually makes love seem violent and like something that you can take from other people. Cupid is a motif in the play‚ but

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    Manuel Puig uses many recurring themes and motifs to convey his views and opinions on many highly political‚ and also controversial‚ matters‚ from his attitude towards Marxism‚ and his belief that people should be free to express themselves as well as being tolerant of others’ views‚ to his homosexuality being reflected in one of the two main characters. Themes: • Tolerating each other’s and other people’s views: Molina and Valentin obviously have contrasting views on sexuality and politics

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    In A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ William Shakespeare brilliantly uses the night as a motif which plays a valuable role in the play. He combines this motif with the related symbols of the play to demonstrate the power of night and its correlation with love and vision. He uses symbolism and imagery to develop the motif and makes extensive use of the night forest which‚ in part‚ helps the situation of the four young lovers‚ one of the main plots of the play. It might seem strange that Shakespeare would

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