Motifs in Psycho In the film Psycho there are many reoccurring motifs such as birds‚ mirrors‚ and voyeurism‚ which are implemented by Hitchcock and often may be unnoticed by the viewer. Mirrors frequently appear throughout the movie‚ for example when the bathroom mirror reflects on the money Marion has taken. Probably the most noticed use of mirror is when Marion’s sister sees her reflection in two mirrors and is startled because she thinks someone is behind her. Voyeurism is also a reoccurring
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Pride and Prejudice Motif Essay In her novel Pride and Prejudice‚ Jane Austen uses various characters in her novel to convey her message of the injustices and bias that were experienced during the early 19th century in society. Throughout the novel‚ Austen shows how destructive the mindset of a prejudiced person can truly be. Austen conveys her message through the novel’s protagonists‚ Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy. In the opening pages of the book‚ the residents of Longbourn are all attending a ball‚
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The “War to end all Wars”‚ eradicated millions of innocent‚ vexed souls and desecrated the survivors morally. In the novel A Farewell to Arms‚ Ernest Hemmingway elaborately illustrates his motifs to create deep meaning and intricate ideas for Frederick Henry. Hemmingway uses recurring symbols known as motifs‚ including rain and snow‚ masculinity‚ and Catherine’s hair to accentuate symbolic ideas and realistic perspectives about WWI. Rain represents the disintegration of happiness‚ whereas snow exhibits
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Orwell’s "Such‚ Such Were the Joys....": Alienation and Other Such Joys George Orwell expresses a feeling of alienation throughout "Such‚ Such Were the Joys...." He casts himself as a misfit‚ unable to understand his peers‚ the authorities placed over him‚ and the laws that govern his existence. Orwell writes‚ "The good and the possible never seemed to coincide" (37). Though he shows his ability to enumerate what is "good‚" he resigns himself to a predestined state; uncertain of where
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The Joy of Stats The documentary video produced by Wingspan Production shows how useful and interesting statistic is. The professor has an idea that statistic will never be boring. By using statistic‚ you will know what happens on the earth and what will happen on the earth -- you can predict the future. For example‚ according to the statistic‚ people has higher salary always have higher life expectancy so you can predict if the person has high salary‚ the person has high expectancy. Also according
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Sacrifice Forgiveness/redemption The Kite Runner is a rattling good novel with full of interesting turning point and one major climax. It is written by Khaled Hosseini and published in 2003 May 29th. Readers could learn varies moral values from themes‚ motifs‚ and symbols in the novel. The Kite Runner story portrayed a personal history of Afghanistan‚ a country that is divided between political chaos and religious The Kite Runner is an epic story with a personal history of what the people of Afghanistan
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From Macbeth’s question to Ross‚ "Why do you dress me in borrowed robes?" (1.3.108)‚ to Angus’s observation that Macbeth’s robe "hang[s] loose about him‚ like a giant’s robe / upon a dwarfish thief" (5.2.20-22)‚ William Shakespeare adds this "robe motif" purposely in his Tragedy of Macbeth play‚ in order to reflect Macbeth’s tragic decisions. Falling from "valiant‚ worthy‚ and noble thane" (1.2) to "hell hound" (5.8.3) due to his "vaulting ambition" (2.7.27)‚ Macbeth tries to blame others for his
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new person under the Party¡¯s image which he does not only obey the Party without questioning moreover even loves Big Brother sincerely. Many literature tactics are used to fulfill Orwell¡¯s needs to present his vision of this dystopian future. His motifs and symbols is the novel successfully supported and present his idea. Throughout the city of London‚ poster of the man gazing down under the word ¡°BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU¡± is present in very corner. Big Brother is the face of the Party‚ which
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The Joy of Reading‚ or‚ What Reading Really Means to Me When I was first asked to make this short speech‚ I was struck by the title “What Reading Means to Me.” My knee-jerk reaction was “What doesn’t reading mean to me?” As a professional librarian‚ I thought of all of our standard platitudes: “Reading is Life.” “Reading is Fundamental.” “There is no such thing as too many books.” I might easily have gone on and on along this vein‚ until I remembered that‚ for me
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sons. Besides leaving something to his kids‚ Willy is deeply obsessed with raising his son who once bore so much potential‚ but is now a failure. In his play Death of a Salesman‚ Arthur Miller uses motifs of seeds‚ nature‚ and diamonds to bring to light Willy’s caring but ignorant nature. The motif of seeds and a garden are a metaphor for Biff. When Willy first mentions seeds and growing he states that‚ “The grass don’t grow any more‚ you can’t raise a carrot in the back yard . . . remember those
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