film‚ The Godfather‚ Francis Ford Coppola orchestrates the filmic elements (especially: editing and mise-en-scéne) to give the audience an intimate view of the complex world of a Mafia Don: Coppola’s techniques sensitively portray the life and transformation of Michael Corleone; he leaves his status as a family outsider to become king of the underworld. Michael is the son of Vito Corleone‚ Don of the Corleone Crime Family1. The story of The Godfather is the story of both Vito and Michael. Vito
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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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Sextons Transformation of Ovids Myth A young boy dies‚ who’s to blame? Daedelus and Icarus may be considered a tragic myth to some. Ovid’s myth‚ Ovid’s Metamorphoses: Daedelus and Icarus‚ gives a full analysis of the story. On the other hand‚ Sexton wrote a sonnet in order to teach a friend a lesson. Sexton transforms the myth by changing the focus‚ tone‚ and structure. Sexton’s focus on the poem is completely different than Ovid’s. In the original myth‚ Ovid includes the full backstory as well
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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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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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A fairy tale‚ or wonder tale‚ is a kind of folktale or fable. In these stories we meet witches and queens‚ giants and elves‚ princes‚ dragons‚ talking animals‚ ogres‚ princesses‚ and sometimes even fairies. Marvelous and magical things happen to characters in fairy tales. A boy may become a bird. A princess may sleep for a hundred years. A seal may become a girl. Objects too can be enchanted — mirrors talk‚ pumpkins become carriages‚ and a lamp may be home to a genie. What is a Fairy Tale Welcome
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THE CANTERBURY TALES (The Man of Law’s Tale) The Man of Law’s Tale (also called The Lawyer’s Tale) is the fifth of the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer‚ written around 1387. ------------------------------------------------- Summary The Man of Law‚ also known as The Sergeant at Law‚ tells a Romance tale of a Christian princess named Custance (the modern form would be Constance) who is betrothed to the Syrian Sultan on condition that he convert to Christianity. The Sultan’s mother connives
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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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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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