are growing‚ and social injustices have become very common during this time. These events cause drastic changes in the live of these two men and many other characters in the novel. Alan Paton has a reoccurring motif throughout the whole novel to help portray his themes more clearly‚ such motif is that of fear. Paton shows the readers that the people of South Africa fear of society and of the mysterious nature of life. Through the use
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The Blood Motif Shakespeare used many motifs through out the tragedy of Macbeth. These motifs help to create an underlying theme‚ each one developing on its own. The blood motif‚ which is the most‚ used one that is why I selected it. Shakespeare uses the blood motif to reinforce the theme that violence leads to more violence. The blood can also symbolize the guilt that Macbeth cannot escape from. Macbeth in this story starts off as a good guy‚ a respectable man. But after Duncan grants
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Transformations in Ovid Transformations from one shape or form into another are the central theme in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. The popularity and timelessness of this work stems from the manner of story telling. Ovid takes stories relevant to his culture and time period‚ and weaves them together into one work with a connecting theme of transformation throughout. The thread of humor that runs through Metamorphoses is consistent with the satire and commentary of the work. The theme is presented
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friendship‚ and imagination that are concealed within everyone’s lives. These universal ideas can also be motifs; a motif is a dominant idea or distinctive feature in an artistic or literary composition. Motifs are used to teach a lesson to others throughout out dance‚ art‚ or literature. Motifs have been around and hidden in literature for a very long time. Almost 3‚000 years ago there was a tale told by Homer‚ his story is now translated into an epic poem called The Odyssey. The story is based around
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In literature‚ the Journey is often a metaphor for discovery. The journey motif is used in Coleridge’s "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." It is also shown in Hawthorne’s "My Kinsman‚ Major Molineux" and "Young Goodman Brown." In these stories‚ each main character changes sometime between the beginning and the end of the story. In addition‚ religion plays a part in each of these stories. Typically‚ in journey literature the hero encounters several obstacles that he or she must overcome.
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the epitome of a trait that all mammals share‚ weak versus strong. Through the use of metaphors including birds‚ the symbolism of Macbeth as an owl throughout the story‚ and the juxtaposition between birds‚ weak versus strong is represented by the motif of birds in Macbeth. Birds are incorporated into other literary elements that Shakespeare utilizes‚ showing the true depth of his writing. Metaphors allow the reader to paint a picture of written words referencing images that they are familiar with
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wedding. The story begins 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
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multitude of thematic elements: god-like beauty‚ oracle predictions‚ erotic love‚ ruthless pirates‚ world travel and many others. They also feature related characters and settings. In the novels studied thus far in class‚ I find the most powerful motif is the love the two main characters share. This love tests and changes them throughout their journey both in relation to themselves‚ but also in the way the reader sees them. In most ancient novels‚ love plays major roles. Everything else
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INNAZ The weather outside was raining‚ The classroom inside was freezing‚ I saw you at the corner of my eye‚ Sitting there‚ without a care‚ I saw where our futures lie Terrible poem‚ I know. I wrote it after I heard Let It Snow‚ the Christmas song. Even the first line is almost verbatim‚ I just changed ‘frightful’ to ‘raining’. I’m not much of a poet but I never really knew how to start a story. I definitely wasn’t going to start with “Once upon a time…” because this isn’t an old fairytale love
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the blind man‚ but he knows nothing of the descriptive illustration of life. It is through the blind mans probing of the narrator‚ that he finally discovers how closed off and shielded he has been. We can see a revelation in the narrator‚ and a transformation in his mindset. In the opening of this story‚ the narrator is closed-minded to the idea of a blind man entering his home. “A blind man in my house is not something I looked forward to” (1). It is through his resistance that we are introduced
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