Essays Tagged: "motifs"
Modern Vs. Ancient
play has always been similar, ever since they created the very first play. Most plays have the same motifs, and have relied on tragedy to form the play. The play, The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man in T ... of writing in them, just like there are in most plays. For example, these three plays use the same motifs in their main themes, in fact they all use pretty much the same themes, and have the same mor ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Drama
An Analysis of the Final Scenes of Alfred Hictcock's NOTORIOUS
e noticeable. (Perhaps Hitchcock's subtlety is what makes him soenormously popular!) Hitchcock uses motifs and objects, shot styles andshifting points of view, and light and dark to help explain the r ... one another. What I found extremely compelling is the fact that,unlike Scorsese's After Hours, the motifs throughout this film weren'timmediately apparent, at least to me, unless Hitchcock wanted the ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies
Poe As A Romantic
to his writings, utilizing many qualities that were never seen before. His works focus on four main motifs, Love, Beauty, Death, and Pride. These themes, when incorporated into one entire work, made u ... he followed him blindly to his death. Pride often pushed Poe's characters to their death.Poe's four motifs, his ideals found in every story, exemplify the elements found in a romantic work. Love, Beau ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry
Symbolism in the Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
anda,Laura and Jim. Glass,light,color and music constitute the substance of the dominantsymbols and motifs,serving to reveal deeper aspects of characters and underlying themes of theplay.Tennessee Wil ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Drama
Motifs involved in the play "King Lear" by Shakespeare. Includes Goneril's speech
Shakespeare uses many motifs to expand on the themes of the story. His most-used motif revolves around filial responsibili ... though, Cordelia saves Lear from the betrayal of Goneril and Regan.Shakespeare develops these major motifs with supporting motifs. He describes how revenge can affect families and create problems for ... at when Cordelia refused to cater to his wishes, he banishes her in a fit of rage.Using the various motifs, Shakespeare makes many thematic statements about filial responsibility. Without scrutiny, ma ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare
Describe the recurring use of imagery, motifs, themes and ideas in Michael Ondaatje's novel In the Skin Of A Lion. explain how multiple readings can be concluded from the book.
t interpretations from its readers. These readings are evident among the magnificent web of themes, motifs and characters, spun by Ondaatje.At one stage in the novel, the main character Patrick is sai ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
the symbolism in the glass menagery
manda,Laura and Jim.Glass,light,color and music constitute the substance of the dominantsymbols and motifs,serving to reveal deeper aspects of characters and underlying themes of theplay.Tennessee Wil ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing
In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the strict theocratic society of the Puritan settlement is used to set up a sort of foil for the main character.
tolerance, and upholding reputation through hypocrisy. Additionally there are similarities in their motifs such as civilization versus the forest, but a contrast in each author?s embodiment of the nat ... each author?s embodiment of the nature of evil. It is through these similarities and differences of motifs and themes that each author seeks to portray his own opinions on an intolerant and hypocritic ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Vonnegut's message about war in Slaughterhouse
inevitable, but emphasizes the fallacy in the masses preconceived notions of war with parallels and motifs, instead of just reaching a practical conclusion about the occurrence of war.Many books relat ... inevitable, but emphasizes the fallacy in the masses preconceived notions of war with parallels and motifs, instead of just reaching a practical conclusion about the occurrence of war.Vonnegut interla ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Ancient greek heroes
in the perspective of different individuals. A hero to one person may be a villain to another. The motifs of heroic myths in Greek Mythology contain heroes that can be viewed as heroes or villains. T ... itiate the thought of women being capable of being independent, they consider her as a villain. The motifs of heroic myths in Greek Mythology contain heroes that can be considered as heroes or villain ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology
Mao's Actions and it's Consequences
erson in his era; his ideas and actions have changed the lives of billions of Chinese people. Mao's motifs were made to make the people of the People Republic of China live a life free from poverty an ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History
Motifs in "The Scarlet Letter" by Hawthorne
significance of certain aspects. Throughout The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne uses a barrage of themes, motifs, and symbolisms. These images help to unify the novel and enrich the meaning behind the work. ... representation of these images, the story would not have been unified under one central theme. The motifs in the novel branch out from one idea. The signs and symbols we recognize help us to apprecia ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Figurative Language in Shakespeare's Macbeth.
such as light and clothing to interpret the characters or themes. He also repeated several words as motifs throughout the play. A motif is a recurring theme in a story. One of the main motifs that Sha ... orders to have Macduff's wife and children slaughtered.In conclusion, the word blood is one of many motifs that Shakespeare used in his play, Macbeth. This piece of figurative language possesses a ran ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth
"Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison.
olomon"Throughout literature it has been common for authors to use allusions to complement frequent motifs in their work. In Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon, Milkman learns that his desire to fly has ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Gender Roles and Conflicts Expressed in Virginia Woolf's "To the Lighthouse".
t is ultimately answered by one character in her final days at the Ramsey's home.One of the central motifs in To the Lighthouse is the conflict between the feminine and masculine principles at work in ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Choice of blindness in "Oedipus the King".
The concept of sight is one of the major motifs throughout Sophocles' play Oedipus the King. The play revolves primarily around series of eve ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Koru and kowhaiwhai in New Zealand painting.
produced during Captain Cook's 1769 voyage and continued to the present day with an excess of koru motifs advertising logos. Since the politically engaged 1980's this appropriation of motifs by Pakeh ... have been seen by many to have created works using koru and kowhaiwhai problematically placing the motifs in a distorted context. Further difficulties have arisen with the question about who owns thi ...
Subjects: Art Essays
Ragtime-themes and motifs.
In the classic E.L. Doctorow novel, Ragtime, we see the combination of many motifs to represent Doctorow's view of the early century. The biggest and perhaps most important the ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Macbeth Study Guide Notes for Acts 1-4.
ene is that it is the exposition and it sets the mood with darkness and a storm. It also introduces motifs, supernatural things, the idea of things and the stormy fate of Scotland. It shows the witche ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth
"Ungrateful Sons" in the Works of Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor is a very interesting writer. She uses many special motifs in her writing. One of the most important motifs she uses is that of ungrateful sons. She cre ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers