Applied Sociological Commentary of a Movie “Water” SOCI 150: Introduction to Sociology The movie “Water” by Deepa Mehta is based on cultural beliefs and religious practices in India in the late 1930’s. Chuyia eight years old girl is forced to enter a house for widows after learning that unknown to her husband has passed away. At the beginning of the movie she thinks that her mother will come to take her back home‚ but at the end Chuyia adapts pretty well to her new life style as a widow. In the
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working silently but purposefully towards the French Revolution‚ getting ready wood for scaffolds‚ guillotines and tumbrels. As well as portraying the silent nature of drowning‚ Dickens also uses this motif to bring out another aspect of the revolution. In A Tale of Two Cities‚ Dickens uses the motif of drowning to portray the stages of the revolutionaries’ attitudes towards their condition. “The first step towards getting helped is realizing that you have a problem.” (Anonymous) This well known
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Why has access to water been such an important? There is a lot of reason why‚ I will give you a few. Water was needed to feed the people farm life‚ water was important to keep one alive‚ and the most important‚ is water is used to grow plants and other material. How did ancient societies address the problems associated with harnessing these powerful resources? There were a lot of different ways to address the problems. Some use rules‚ maps‚ there were disputes‚ fights‚ and agreements were made
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Rachel Hodges DP1 English Literature October 10th 2013 WORD COUNT: 895 Write an essay in which you explore one of the motifs central to Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus. What does this motif contribute to our understanding of the purpose or central theme of the text? How does the motif of nature contribute to our understanding of central themes in the text? In Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Purple Hibiscus the narrative voice is a teenage girl who was physically and emotionally scarred by her
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Reuse‚ Revival‚ and Recarving: Ancient Granite Columns in Renaissance Rome Michael J. Waters Worcester College‚ University of Oxford michael.waters1@gmail.com Architects of the Italian Renaissance often quoted ancient architectural details in modern designs as an act of reference and revival. While historians frequently note this common method of transumption‚ the creation of all’antica architecture through the use of ancient building materials has gone largely ignored. This paper argues that the
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than others" (Jacobs & Tunnel‚ 89). There are six basic fantasy motifs‚ as discussed by Jacobs & Tunnel‚ including magic‚ other worlds‚ good versus evil‚ heroism‚ special character types‚ and fantastic objects. If a story contains all six‚ it is classified either as a classic fairy tale‚ or a modern high fantasy. Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach is an example of a modern high fantasy‚ as it contains all six fantasy motifs discussed by Jacobs & Tunnel. The most basic element in fantasy
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Blood Throughout Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”‚ the motif of blood is a reoccurring motif. Blood is used everywhere in Macbeth‚ the beginning in the battle field scenes all the way to the very end. The words ‘bloody’ and ’blood’ are repeated on almost every page. This draws importance to the motif. The motif of blood plays an important factor in the framework of a major theme. It leads us into the theme of guilt‚ which is how Macbeth and his wife Lady Macbeth feel throughout the whole play. It also
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For my essay I chose to describe the light and dark motifs in "Romeo and Juliet". A motif is a term used to describe a passage in literature that has more than one universal meaning. It is used when a character or narrator is comparing one thing to another. For example the light motifs represent light things such as goodness‚ while dark motifs represent dark things such as death. One light quote from the story is during the balcony scene when Romeo is talking about Juliet. He says "It is the East
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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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