Desiree Brown AP English 4 April 8‚ 2013 Shakespere Motifs Shakespere uses these three motifs as a way to show us how to live and interact with one another‚ especially when we are to be loyal to our loved ones and the ones who are important to us. The theme of this entire play is revolved around loyalty. Hamlets mother was not loyal to his father. But many do not realize how much of an impact that is on his life. He soon starts to doubt every person in life‚ except for Horatio‚ who has stayed
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Jealousy is the central theme in the play “Othello” by William Shakespeare. It is the most famous literary work that focuses on the dangers of jealousy. The play is a study of how jealousy can ruin lives – even with only the most circumstantial evidence of guilt. The play opens in Venice and revolves mainly around a man called Othello. It’s his actions and thoughts which makes the play interesting and suspenseful. Themes such as love‚ jealousy‚ betrayal‚ honesty and vengeance are all important and
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with the argument between Hermia‚ Helena‚ Lysander‚ and Demetrius getting mixed up with Puck’s love potion. Then‚ the play ends with the wedding and a play preformed by the rude mechanicals. Moreover‚ the use of the flower motif is significant‚ because it helps develop the theme of love in the play. In the play‚ Shakespeare mentions a variety of flowers and plants. Upon researching them‚ you find that some have further meaning that connects to the play. For instance‚ the primrose‚ muskose‚ and honeysuckle
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Final Draft: Sex Motif Essay Sexuality is a recurring motif in The Catcher in The Rye. Both physical and emotional relationships offer Holden opportunity to open up to the world and see that there is nothing wrong with being a conformist. They also represent what he fears most about the adult world: complexity‚ unpredictability‚ and potential for conflict and change. As he acts out at the Museum of Natural History in chapter 16‚ Holden likes the world to be silent and frozen‚ predictable and unchanging
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Canterbury Tales is about a man named Geoffrey Chaucer who’s going on an adventure to Canterbury with a group of people and Chaucer describes the people who they are‚ about them. The people are very interesting in many ways that I myself would never expect from people now or then so it’s very interesting to think of people and to think oh hey I’m sure there’s people like this now days. The way they dressed then is different it looks like they’re wearing leggings and the dresses with different pieces
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Blood libel stories‚ tales that propagated the claim that Jews used the blood of Christian children in their religious rituals‚ were very common throughout the Middle Ages. Even literary masterpieces such as Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales were not exempt from this popular practice. In his 14th century collection of short stories‚ Chaucer writes the Prioress’s Tale‚ a story about a Christian child martyr who is kidnapped and slaughtered by a community of Jews (Chaucer‚ 170-176). Blatantly
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In “The Tell-Tale Heart‚” Poe uses an eye and beating heart to reinforce the overall theme of guilt causing a descent into madness. The narrator begins the story by admitting that he is nervous‚ yet denying insanity. The narrator admits‚ “I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye! Yes‚ it was this!” (Poe 330). The eye symbolizes the part of the narrator’s identity and conscience that he refuses to accept or
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Oppression in A Tale of Two Cities In the book A Tale of Two Cities‚ one of the many themes present is that of oppression. There are many examples of this throughout the book‚ some more obvious than the others. We can see right away in the beginning that the French peasants are under a hideous oppression by the French aristocracy. All the people of the towns that are described are starved and in great pain‚ they are depressed and slinking about‚ gaunt skeletons of human beings. Their desperation
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Geoffrey Chaucer introduces readers of The Canterbury Tales to an assortment of characters‚ each with their own unique and notable features. Aside from the obvious differences‚ like their profession and their raiment‚ the characters described in the general Prologue have their own personalities‚ many of which are tainted in some way or another. Chaucer lived through a lot. After escaping the Black Death‚ he became a page for Prince Lionel‚ one of the sons of King Edward III‚ around 1357. Not long
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I choose to write my motif explanation on A White Heron by Sarah Orne Jewett. In this short story‚ birds are a recurring motif; I will try to explain the significance of the birds and the white heron as it pertains to the story. The first birds mentioned are robins. Robins are symbolic of rebirth or the beginning of new ideas; the story mentions them as a being the product of a cats labor‚ “fat with young robins.” My intuition tells me that their meaning in the story is Sylvia’s new life in the country
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