Themes‚ Motifs & Symbols Themes Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. The Importance of Establishing Identity As Beowulf is essentially a record of heroic deeds‚ the concept of identity—of which the two principal components are ancestral heritage and individual reputation—is clearly central to the poem. The opening passages introduce the reader to a world in which every male figure is known as his father’s son. Characters in the poem are unable
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women and how had to get accustomed to the way of living to fit in and appear to be perfect and‚ also‚ obey their husbands. Symbolism was also used through the toys that she had bought her children. She bought the boys a sword and horses each and the girl a doll‚ not noticing that the toys had represented how she saw their culture. It showed how she followed and was used to the custom of men having all of the power and control‚ while the women were not supposed to do anything but take care of home.
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Humanity in an Inhuman World Sometimes progress comes at a price. In Fahrenheit 451‚ author Ray Bradbury uses symbols to evoke a sort of hopelessness that sprang from post-World War II disillusionment with the technological advances that were supposed to make life easier. Whereas many 1950s inventions were intended to ease the way into a society of convenience‚ Bradbury uses the symbols of color‚ fire‚ and mirrors to depict the ways in which people stopped thinking because of the distractions that
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Symbols are everywhere in everyday life. Beginning before even before 1640‚ people in the newly established colonies were forced to wear letters on their chests for all of the public to see. People who refused were actually whipped and beaten to coerce them into wearing their letters. One particular letter was the scarlet letter “A” which represented adultery. In the novel The Scarlet Letter‚ the leading woman‚ Hester Prynne‚ is forced to wear an “A” for her sin. Hawthorne uses Hester as an example
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unknown Girl Moniza Alvi was born in Pakistan .Her father was Pakistani and mother English. She left Pakistan when she was a baby for England. The poet is thus caught between two worlds and her poems exemplify her quest for her cultural identity. The prescribed poem appears to be set in India. Pakistan was a part of India before the partition‚ therefore the setting may be a symbolic thirst for her motherland. The title of the poem is “The Unknown Girl”‚ though it may refer to the girl in the poem
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STATE SYMBOLS OF TAMILNADU NON-TECHNICAL PRESENTATION GOVERNMENT TAMILNADU SEAL: The emblem of Tamil Nadu contains the tower or gopuram of the popular Srivilliputhur Andal Temple at the center in yellow colour. The base consists of the Indian emblem (Sarnath Lion Capital) at the center in red colour with the Indian flag on both sides.The emblem also has 2 inscriptions in Tamil script‚ one at the top ("Thamizh Naadu Arasu" which translates to Government of Tamil Nadu) and other
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Rumnaz Fatema Prof. Firdous Azim ENG 611 22-12-2014 Woman as a symbol of Nationalism in The Home and the World “The naked passion of self love of Nations‚ in its darken delirium of greed‚ is dancing to the class of steel and the howling verses of vengeances.”1 This “naked passion of self love of Nations” shapes Rabindranath Tagore’s novel entitled The Home and The World (1919)‚ was originally published in Bengali as Ghare Baire(1916) that voices
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Caitlin Ramsey English 102 April 5‚ 2007 Chief Symbols in The Yellow Wallpaper Gender roles play a significant part in The Yellow Wallpaper‚ represented heavily by the physical yellow wallpaper in the bedroom of the summer mansion. This story‚ written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ even begins on the first page and throughout the entire story‚ the narrator portrays women in the common air of being dominated by men. Especially during this time‚ women were oppressed not only by their husbands but
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youthful‚ sacred adoration of a young boy directed at a nameless girl‚ known only as Mangan’s sister. After visiting "Araby"‚ the mystical place in which he is trying to find the beauty missing from the church as well as his soul‚ the young narrator realizes his infatuation is misguided as the pain of that realization takes hold. The story takes us to a place with images of a desolate‚ decaying setting. "North Richmond Street‚ being blind " this being a dead end representing the end of his
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November 27‚ 2011 4th period English Literature One can tell that kites are the central symbol in “The Kite Runner” just by reading the title. Kites have many symbolic uses in this story. Freedom‚ joy‚ and camaraderie between Amir and Hassan are just a few examples kites symbolize in this novel. In the very beginning of the story we can see the first symbolic use of the kites to represent relationship. “Then I glanced up and saw a pair of kites‚ red with long blue tails‚ soaring up in the sky
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