In a novel of sin and redemption‚ symbolism is used to broaden the significance of certain aspects. Throughout The Scarlet Letter‚ Hawthorne uses a barrage of themes‚ motifs‚ and symbolisms. These images help to unify the novel and enrich the meaning behind the work. Early in the novel‚ Hawthorne refers to iron‚ oak‚ chains mainly to demonstrate the Puritanism that takes place in the novel. However‚ he also uses these symbolic items to display the bonds between characters and what they believe in
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Symbols and Motifs in Street Car B Y M O L LY A N D R O R Y Symbol of Light Literally means – Blanche’s obsessed with her appearance‚ worried about aging as she’s older than she tells Mitch. Metaphorically means – the dark light hides her ‘dark’ past and personality. She has many ‘dark’ secrets in her life. The lantern is a symbol of her covering up her ‘dark’ parts of her personality and past‚ then as Mitch rips it down in scene nine it symbolises him ripping down her lies and seeing the
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significance of the flowering plum motif during the Southern Song Dynasty (960-1279)? The period of the Song dynasty (960-1279) was particularly noted for its artistic achievements. Although landscape paintings of the Northern Song (960-1127) was predominant during this period‚ flower painting became equally as important during the Southern Song (1127-1279) where artists tended to focus on a single blossom or flowering branch. A popular and favorite motif used countless times throughout poetry
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Beowulf’s Contrasting Motifs Throughout his battles‚ Beowulf personifies the motifs of reputation‚ vengeance‚ and fate which contribute to the overall epic theme. Each of these contrasting themes contribute as to why Beowulf was such a tremendous epic hero. Beowulf‚ a young warrior with an honorable family name to be upheld‚ must venture off and seek his own reputation and identity among the sprawling branches of the family tree. With this thought‚ he seeks out to battle the mighty fiend Grendle
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English 11 AT set 1 B/D Ethan Frome Essay Edith Wharton’s Ethan Frome: Connections to Motifs Motifs are interesting literary devices‚ treasured by many authors‚ to make up or help support the plotline of each story written. In the novella Ethan Frome‚ by Edith Wharton‚ she uses the motif of parallelism of the setting of Starkfield‚ Massachusetts‚ and other characters such as Ethan Frome and Mattie Silver‚ to help describe the way that Starkfield and other factors entangle each character mentally
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Falkner uses many motifs in The Sound and the Fury. One that he uses is shadows. Shadow are mentioned all throughout Quentin’s section‚ June Second 1910‚ and in some of Benjy’s section‚ April Seventh 1928. In Quentin’s section‚ it says‚ “The shadow hadn’t quite cleared the stoop. I stopped inside the door‚ watching the shadow move. It moved almost perceptibly creeping back inside the door.”(The Sound and the Fury 81) Here he is talking about the shadows that he sees when he steps outside his door
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In most novels a motif represents one thing‚ in Jane Eyre the motif of fire changes as Jane gets older‚ more mature and meets new people. In the beginning of the novel fire represents comfort to Jane. This changes to passion as Jane gets older and meets Mr. Rochester‚ When Jane is young fire represents comfort even in places she does not like or feel comfortable like Gateshead or lowood. During her time at gateshead jane was sent to the red room from time to time as punishment. Jane was very afraid
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Jayanthi 1! Sishir Jayanthi Mrs. Eve Itaya H. English 10 P.2 14 February 2015 Mental Deterioration Shakespeare uses the motif of mental deterioration to convey the point that achieving one’s ambitions through malicious deeds can cause psychological collapse. Psychological deterioration through wrong doings is first evident before Macbeth murders Duncan. “Is this a dagger I see before me” (cite). Macbeth questions himself‚ before he is about to kill Duncan; it could be interpreted that whilst the
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CH. 1 The world had purposely been split into four kingdoms. The largest kingdom is towards the north and its name is Ardraven‚ it is known as the militarian kingdom. The kingdom to the south is Eroibell‚ it is the kingdom of crops. The eastern kingdom is Taos‚ the kingdom of minerals and mining. The last kingdom is to the west and it is Lagrasia‚ the kingdom of medicine. The four kingdoms created an occurrence that proved that every human being would have a mark. These marks are to come in the form
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Motif Analysis: Blood Blood is everywhere in Macbeth. The very first scene of the play starts out with a captain speaking of the blood spilled at the battle between the Scots and the Norwegians. Those this is the first instance of blood; blood plays a much bigger part in Macbeth. Blood stands for the guilt that Macbeth and Lady Macbeth feel throughout the play. While Lady Macbeth is planning the murder of King Duncan‚ she calls upon the spirits of murder to‚ "make thick my blood; / Stop up the
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