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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Comparison of the Indian Horse with The Reluctant Black Hawk and The Medicine Man. The novel Indian Horse‚ the short story The Reluctant Black Hawk‚ and the poem The Medicine Man all explored the same themes regarding aboriginal voices and identity‚ but in The Reluctant Black Hawk and Indian Horse‚ they have the same subject of a Canadian sport of ice hockey and characters as hockey players experienced hardships in residential school systems‚ and racism and discrimination during the protagonists’
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In the prologue the chorus says that ultimately that Romeo and Juliet are going to die because they are “star-crossed lovers.” This centralizes with my theme of fate and the motif of poison. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ the poison motif supports the central idea of fate that people can’t escape their fate. There are many central ideas that seems to be portrayed in Romeo and Juliet. The one that seems more interesting is that you can’t escape your fate. This is shown in most acts in the story
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There are many motifs in Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ but one of the most important is the recurring disassociation of appearance and reality. The entire motif is introduced in the first scene when the witches say “Fair is foul and foul is fair” (1‚i‚12). This is then reiterated as important when Macbeth says‚ “So foul and fair a day I have not seen.” (1‚iii‚ 39). Drawing parallels and comparing two polar opposites‚ such as foul and fair‚ sets the stage for the dissimilarity between appearance and reality
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ASSIGNMENT#1 USE OF MOTIFS IN JOHN DONNE’S POETRY John Donne uses a number of motifs‚ geographical and geometrical shapes‚ and discoveries etc. as metaphysical conceits in his poetry. Sometimes these are used to express his intensity of love‚ while sometimes these are used to compare and ultimately prove the superiority of his love. The different motifs used by John Donne are discussed below with references from his various poems. Donne’s fascination with spheres can be understood by reading
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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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The Motif of Doubles in A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens uses the motif of doubles throughout his novel‚ A Tale of Two Cities. In fact‚ Dickens´ very first line‚ “It was the best of times‚ it was the worst of times‚” (Dickens‚ 3) illustrates this motif. The entire first paragraph introduces the motif of doubles‚ which sets the precedent for the entire novel. The first paragraph is contrasting the good and the bad in all circumstances to come in the future of the novel. Another example of the
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main motifs are: the idea of why humans are created last. The idea of why the younger gods overthrow the older gods. The last being the idea why all humans were created with organic materials. There are so many motifs and creation myths I could list them forever. Surprisingly at least 2 creation myths or more have the same motifs or closely related ones‚ why and how I don’t know but I did some research on why things happened the way did. Here’s what I found. The first and most important motif in
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The motif is a recurring element tends to explain the central idea in a literary work‚ it could be an image‚ sound‚ action or other figures that have a symbolic significance and contributes toward the development of theme. Jane tends to present the life of people in her time in her novel by using the motif . For example‚ Visits the main events of the novel take place through visits between the characters‚ and the length of each visit indicates the intimacy between characters‚ such as Frank’s visits
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