Motif

Sophocles’ plays, Oedipus Rex and Antigone, and Euripides’ play, Medea, share the same three motifs: tragic flaw, betrayal, and self-righteousness; which create the conflicts in each of the three timeless Greek plays, and these motifs are rooted in way people behave. Oedipus’ tragic flaw is how he avidly seeks the truth, even to the extent that his wife would commit suicide and he blind himself. Compassion, which is usually predominant in women, causes Antigone’s downfall because she felt…

bone. Elie and his family were part of the unlucky crowd that had to get separated from each other and work in the death camp. When words weren’t able to express the hardship, Elie used the help of motifs. By looking at Night, by Elie Wiesel, one can see how through, “night” and “eyes”, the repeating motifs build on the way Elie overcomes his struggles with his father’s help, even when he feels being alone will benefit him most. Elie and his father displayed…

However, the Englishman was different from the crystal merchant in many ways. While the crystal merchant had let his fear completely control his life (The Alchemist Themes, Motifs, & Symbols), the Englishman’s apprehension only delayed him for a decade (Coelho 40). In The Alchemist Coelho writes, “To do that successfully, I must have no fear of failure. It was my fear of failure that first kept me from attempting the Master…

portrayed by Fitzgerald cannot result in gratification because there is no ultimate pleasure; it is just a fruitless chase that leaves the participant feeling empty. This perspective accompanied by the novel 's utilization of the desires of Jay Gatsby, motifs, and symbols reveals the theme that pleasure is an illusion of happiness. Fitzgerald’s portrayal of Gatsby’s wishes…

developments, and varying styles of writing impact these changes. But all stories have similarities as well. They all hold a quest of sorts. The “Epic of Gilgamesh” and “Star Wars” hold similar qualities such as character flaws and the “David vs. Goliath” motif. Differences are also apparent in these two stories: a battle of good vs. evil and the offspring of a god/goddess, for example. Character flaws show up in almost every story ever told. In the “Epic of Gilgamesh”, Gilgamesh had a serious…

everyone as much as they can. Then everybody's views change on the day Kino finds the pearl. Word spreads quickly and everyone starts to lose consideration for others and think about how they could benefit from this pearl. Steinbeck uses greed as a motif to show that it can change many people's actions and thoughts. Although greed can sometimes get you what you want, it’s not always going to…

fail to rise up for changes. The film Little Miss Sunshine is an effective contemporary interpretation of an archetypal journey based on Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying because through the use of literary device such as characterization, symbolism, and motifs, the film takes into consideration society’s common problems today and highlights the Hoover family’s journey to overcome and change these…

These days we read ten short stories, half are traditional short stories, and another half are modernism short story, By reading the first five short stories, I can see some features of the traditional short stories. Title is the center of the short story, a good title can tell you the main content of the short story. The writers of traditional short stories always use the protagonist or some important thing in the stories as the title. “Eveline” and “The Pious Lady and The Gray Friar” use the…

1. “Visual Symbol. Provide a colorful, visual symbol important to the work. Explain the symbol and tell why you chose to use that symbol and its significance to the overall work. Quote the lines (and cite the page numbers) that inspire you to choose this symbol. Make sure the symbol is in color. You are permitted to copy and paste computer images.” “Explain using complete sentences and textual evidence from the text to thoroughly support your claim.” One of the most…

ideology throughout his novel, The Great Gatsby. The frequent usage of eyes in Fitzgerald’s writing parallels Nick Carraway's stages of seeing the American Dream, moving from blindness to partial awareness to clear vision. Fitzgerald’s use of eyes as a motif portrays Gatsby’s America as a place that privileges social mobility over morality, using Nick as an anomaly to show his transition from old money blindness to a new awareness…