One of Strongest Motifs in Oedipus is light and darkness‚ and as the story goes on it only evolves to great lengths throughout the novel. Additionally‚ this in particular motif is used quite frequently to the gods and Oedipus himself. The tragedy offers many examples of blindness being used for specific scenes and characters. Lastly‚ this plays biggest tragedy can only be summed up as blindness. The play has plenty of examples of the motifs put to great use. First‚ one incredibly ironic character
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Light and Dark Motif In order to portray the overall theme of The Scarlet Letter‚ Hawthorne uses motifs‚ which are recurring concepts or contrasts. From the beginning of the novel and throughout‚ there are clear examples of light versus dark that are used to set tone and mood‚ and used for character development. Hawthorne utilizes the idea of light versus dark‚ or day versus night to convey the theme of covert sin and overt abomination. In the beginning of the novel‚ Hawthorne displays this contrast
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“The Birds‚” Melanie Daniels is being attacked by birds because she is a stranger to Bodega Bay. This is because the birds do not start attacking until Melanie gets to Bodega Bay‚ the birds target areas where Melanie is‚ and the birds attack people who Melanie knows. To start with‚ the birds do not start attacking until Melanie gets to Bodega Bay. First of all‚ the birds attack Melanie Daniels because she is a stranger to Bodega Bay‚ due to the fact that the birds do not
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In the book To Kill A Mocking Bird there is a constant battle for human morality‚ and the book is constant in showing the struggle of goodness or evilness in people. Atticus‚ who is the father of Scout and Jem‚ who also plays the role of teacher for his children‚firmly believs that people all posses the ability to do good in the world‚ equally so they posses the ability to perform evil acts as well. Although‚ Atticus is convinced that despite the struggle between good and evil‚ good will ultimately
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differently than how they turn out to be in reality. Examples of false appearance in the play would be paradox‚ whereas in the story‚ there are events that end up contradicting each other. In reference to paradox‚ bird imagery would be another example because of how some situations are compared to birds. Lastly‚ male and female can also be define as an example because of the image that us human beings and Shakespeare himself have created to define a male and a female. Paradox was used in the play as a
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distance bird migration routes. Bird migration is the regular seasonal journey undertaken by many species of birds. Bird movements include those made in response to changes in food availability‚ habitat‚ or weather. Sometimes‚ journeys are not termed "true migration" because they are irregular (nomadism‚ invasions‚ irruptions) or in only one direction (dispersal‚ movement of young away from natal area). Migration is marked by its annual seasonality. [1] In contrast‚ birds that are non-migratory
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“The Birds” Based on the events in the story‚ “The Birds” by Daphne du Maurier‚ one could infer that Nat and his family will survive. Certain qualities of Nat and his family hint their survival. Nat is very enduring‚ very prepared‚ and able to stay positive. Under stressful conditions‚ Nat is able to stay cool and not panic. He does not run away in the face of danger. One aspect that hints Nat and his family’s survival is Nat’s endurance. If there is no endurance in a person‚ then they can’t
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the pigeon shoot. The stage is set for high drama. Palmer turns ten. The day of the pigeon shoot arrives. Palmer refuses to attend‚ but against his will‚ some unseen force pulls him to the shooting field. Palmer watches in fascinated horror as birds are
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decisions and your decisions being considered. In the cage bird poem it represents slavery by having the bird locked in in a cage and not letting him go. Even though the cage bird talks about freedom like he had already been free for at least once in his life‚ when he had never been. The title “sympathy “explains the caged bird’s desire for freedom. According to the speakers‚ the cage bird feels constrained‚ oppressed‚ and imprisoned. The cage bird feels imprisoned because he does not get the opportunity
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In the prologue the chorus says that ultimately that Romeo and Juliet are going to die because they are “star-crossed lovers.” This centralizes with my theme of fate and the motif of poison. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ the poison motif supports the central idea of fate that people can’t escape their fate. There are many central ideas that seems to be portrayed in Romeo and Juliet. The one that seems more interesting is that you can’t escape your fate. This is shown in most acts in the story
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