Motif

Katelyn Lipham Professor Amber Kelly November 10, 2016 The Motif of Sleep in ‘Macbeth’ In Shakespeare’s story of ‘Macbeth’, many things are known as motifs occur throughout the reading. Motifs can be images, sounds, actions, or any other figure that give a symbolic meaning to the story. It helps the reader understand the concept of the themes and ideas within the play. One of the main motifs is sleep. Sleep, when is lacked, expresses the fault of characters. Although, when sleep is in full…

together like those of a wild beast (pg. 305).” The collection of ideas, images, and symbols portrayed in the novel Dracula provide an insight to the darker, supernatural world of reading and support the various motifs that are contained in Gothic literature. The most prominent gothic motifs depicted in the novel Dracula in which the reader is able to gain an insight of the mood and tone include sleepwalking and uncontrollable dreaming, rituals and superstition, and imprisonment. Scenes of…

Life of Pi is a fictional novel about a boy from India who, after a shipwreck, is lost at sea with a tiger. Dictionary.com defines a motif as “a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work.” Three motifs found within the text of Life of Pi are the themes of coexistence, overcoming fear, and religion. The book by Yann Martel has a main idea of coincidence, predominantly between the beliefs of science and religion. One of the first settings of the book…

Shakespeare utilizes many symbols and motifs throughout Macbeth in order to fulfill a deeper meaning and understanding of the writing. Some motifs that are revealed in Macbeth are fair/foul, clothing, blood, gender role and sleep. Shakespeare also uses the weather to symbolize the tone and uses blood or the sound of knocking to symbolize guilt. The use of motif and symbols allows the audience to have an open interpretation about situations throughout the play. Shakespeare uses fair and foul at…

Shakespeare uses the motif of clothing which represents rank and responsibility to portray Macbeth’s incompetency and to denounce his illegitimate claims to power as he ascends to the top of the Scottish hierarchy. After Macbeth’s return from war, he is honored as an outstanding war hero and greatly praised by King Duncan. When the Thane of Cawdor is announced as a traitor and executed, King Duncan rewards Macbeth with his title. The messenger, Ross, only informs Macbeth about his inheritance of…

A motif is a reoccurring symbol with meaning in the plot of the story. There are many motifs in the book 1984 that occur often in the book. “All that was needed was a unending series of victories over your own memory. Reality control, they called it in newspeak “Double think” (Orwell 101). Double think is a major motif in this story double think is basically the governments way of inducing mind control on people…

Macbeth Motif Essay Lack of sleep can make a man go mad. This happens in Shakespeare’s, Macbeth, the three witches give a loyal soldier, Macbeth, the false prophecy that he will be king. The thought of being King of Scotland triggers Macbeth’s tremendous ambition that makes him spiral into a malicious tyrant, who murders anyone in his way. He is forced by his wife, Lady Macbeth, to become a murderer if that means she would get to be Queen of Scotland. Shakespeare refers to sleep in various ways…

MacBeth Motif Essay The timeless play “MacBeth” by William Shakespeare is an extremely thorough and well thought out play. Throughout the play, there are many recurring ideas, called motifs. There are many motifs, but one of the most prevalent and important motifs in the play is Death. Throughout Macbeth, there are several instances where a person is murdered or, the characters are speaking about death. The motif of Death will help all readers understand Macbeth better, because the play is…

“Macbeth” is known as one of Shakespeare’s darkest plays and with that comes a grim atmosphere and gloomy writing. A key aspect to Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” are the motifs and different ideas that Shakespeare used to keep the play dark. Blood is a major motif as it is used during a soldier’s plight to King Duncan to enhance the reader’s view of Macbeth as a glorious, gallant hero of the story, but blood is also used to represent Macbeth’s guilt of thinking of killing Duncan and his eventual murder…

The central motif in Mary Shelley's Graphic novel Frankenstein in the contrast between Victor Frankenstein and God. God was worshiped by many people and Frankenstein wanted to be so he tried to create a human, but instead created a hideous creature with glowing eyes, black lips and outstanding white teeth. Victor describes his creation as “beautiful” yet also hideous because of its features. On of the most recognizable co Mary Shelley contrasts Victor’s creation of the monster to God’s creation…