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    Blood motif is associated with loyalty and also identify who is feeling uneasy in Macbeth. So many things happened in Macbeth that proves motif “blood” is related with feeling uneasy and loyalty. Things are not as they appear people. Think he is great but his soul is ugly . He feels uneasy and nervous because he was confused. Even though it’s just a fantasy so far‚ the mere thought of committing murder shakes me up so much that I hardly know who I am anymore. My ability to

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    Romeo and Juliet Motifs and Theme of Love One of the best known Shakespearean plays‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ has amazing motifs that develop the theme of love. This play was translated into 80 different languages over the past four centuries and is 416 years old and remains the best known love story of all time. When people come across forbidden love or star-crossed lovers‚ they usually think of Romeo and Juliet. There are so many versions of movies‚ books‚ and plays that are based on the story of Romeo

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    The motif of children and babies in Macbeth In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ the recurring motif of babies and children was mentioned throughout the novel alongside the theme of death and innocence in order to depict the immorality of characters. Children were commonly associated with death and murder since that stark distinction aided in supporting the English stereotype that portrays Scots as violent and Barbaric people. In other instances‚ Shakespeare associated children with foolishness and

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    Hanuman's Tale

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    The tale of Hanuman             Hanuman‚ a mighty devotee ape of lord Rama and an incarnation of Lord Shiva‚ is one of the most interesting deities in the Hindu culture. The tales of Hanuman dates back to the time of Ramayana. Fairy tales from India are mostly based on the Hindu religion and the mythical characters associated with it. One has to thoroughly understand Indian culture to be able to identify with the culture’s tales. The values and beliefs presented in Hanuman cater to what is important

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    The recurring animal motifs in A Passage To India suggest a harmonious life existing outside of the contrasting state of humanity. While tensions escalate among the English and Indians‚ peace presides in the animal kingdom. Perhaps the only characters outside of the animals who acknowledge this peace are Mrs. Moore and Professor Godbole who specifically identify with a wasp extending their voluntary cognizance to Indian culture and the understanding of unity among all living creatures on Earth.

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    Several motifs appear throughout the narratives of traditional medieval romantic texts and The Carl of Carlisle is no exception to this. As established the giant character of these texts acts as the foundation on which the rest of the narrative forms around; The Carl of Carlisle reads as a series of tests given to prove the courtesy of the knights in a place where courtesy is stripped from them‚ truly testing their commitment to the chivalric code. At the first test both the Bishop and Key fail as

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    Raisin in the Sun Motif

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    The Perfect Storm The reoccurring theme of alcohol in A Raisin in the Sun manifests itself in Walter’s mind and he becomes metaphorically drunk‚ resulting in a clouded consciousness and a distorted reality of what his family stands for and what is truly best for them. Along the way he will do anything to achieve his goal and even guilt’s his mother into becoming an enabler to his new found addiction. The progression of this impairment deepens in the same way an alcoholic’s would until Walter hits

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    Love/Hate Motif

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    Hateful love‚ Loving hate Both love and hatred are capable of driving humans to extremes‚ it brings out the best and the worse in humans‚ and will continue to do so for it is the nature of mankind to feel these emotions. A story that changed the course of the world‚ a play that has been studied ceaselessly since It was written and people are no closer to discerning all of its secrets. A play that revolves around Romeo and Juliet‚ but more importantly the feelings they feel for each other‚ Love

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    Dubliners In what concerns Joyce’s style of writing we can observe that he balances the objectivity – the attitude of “scrupulous meanness “ and sympathetic understanding of characters with the help of the stream of consciousness and epiphanies Scrupulous meanness - ‘Scrupulousness’ is a crucial element both in Joyce’s use of language‚ and in the structure and form of the stories. ‘Scrupulous meanness’ refers to a most complex and heavily allusive style that determines the reading of Dubliners

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    Dreams to many of us are fantasies that we want to become reality. It is up to the individual to determine how far a person is willing to go turn that dream into reality. In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare‚ Shakespeare writes about the act of dreaming and person’s thoughts as they sleep‚ as well as the ambitions and goals that a person has. Those dreams can sometimes even turn to nightmares‚ and bring out the negatives in the road to success. People often in life have dreams‚ goals that

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