Motif

of a feud between two, blood thirsty landowners. His purpose was to demonstrate that because the landowners were so concerned with being more powerful, they did not see the dangers at hand. He uses the setting, theme, tone, and syntax to show the motif of power to his adult readers. Saki utilizes the setting of his short story to disclose the theme of man over man. The land that the two main characters, Ulrich and Georg, were battling over, “was not remarkable for the game it harbored or…

symbols and motifs that reoccur throughout the film and portray a sense of theme. Motif is an idea, object, or symbol that could be physically represented as objects, images, or sound that is repeated and also shows a meaning or importance of a theme or idea, throughout the story. For example, in Cast Away a repeated motif which represents a theme of time is the repeated use of clocks, watches, and the egg timer. Symbols, which are objects that represent an idea, are similar to motifs, but are…

same people.The recurring motif of divide and conquer plays into how the Nazis rose to power and maintained it for as long as they did.The Nazis main goal was to conquer Europe and they knew they would face resistance. To minimize this they isolated particular groups of people by systematic techniques and lies. The motif appears in many ways. The Nazis ripped families apart, they stripped human rights and promoted the dissemination of lies and fear. The use of this motif by the author is easily…

Icons and symbols of the local culture of Gorontalo, e.g., symbols in the wedding ceremony are not widely used as a motif in Karawo embroidery. There are some motifs that represent the culture of Gorontalo, yet the meaning embedded is usually about the traditional culture. Ultimately, such motifs do not draw the attention of teens since they consider themselves beyond the traditional trend. In addressing the problem, deconstructing the traditional symbols, i.e., rendering meaning according to…

power, compared to an owl, which is believed to show a sense of wisdom. In ancient culture there are a number of paintings and statues that depict individuals like rulers or gods with animals around them. Motifs allow others to understand what a person resembles. In society today animal’s motifs are common within professional sports, automobiles, etc. Almost every sports team has a mascot ranging from lions to Seahawks, to bulls; each depicts what the team is. Auto industries are also shrewd…

In A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, the key motifs: survival, perseverance, and family support the theme, challenges can be faced by using perseverance and maintaining hope. Survival is one motif because Ishmael, the main character, is motivated to survive as he witnesses many horrific events. “All the captives stood at gunpoint watching as the rebels proceeded to interrogate the old man” (Beah, 2007, p.g. 32). Ishmael constantly ran away from the rebels to hide. He had to escape the rebels and…

some other creation myth though in most cases several other creation myths. These similarities are called motifs, which are distinctive features or dominant ideas in literature and culture in general. In some cases the motifs said creation myths have in common with other creation myths are the exact same. In other cases, the motifs are slightly different rather than exactly the same. Motifs in creation myths range from many things such as; chaos being the only thing in the beginning of the…

experiencing sadness with his use of stars throughout his poetry to signify a light in the dark. Neruda uses a star motif to indicate a positive feeling or outlook surrounded by the harsh darkness of negativity. Neruda suggests that there can only be light if there is also darkness and the emotional highs and lows in life must ultimately balance out. In his poems, Neruda uses the motif of stars to portray positive emotions in contrast to the negative emotions represented by night, showing the…

Almost all movies, television shows, and theater musicals have several of Aristotle’s six elements from three-dimensional characters to spectacle and music. The movie The Lion King came out in 1994; it is an animated musical film produced by Walt Disney. The Lion King demonstrated Aristotle two principles: symbolism and theme. The movie, “The Lion King” begins with the symbol of the sun rising. The sun represents a never-deviating pattern of death and rebirth through its daily rising and…

How do the actions we continually see and take part in everyday foreshadow how we truly live our lives? Although motifs are mostly seen in literature they can also be found in simple things that everyone does such as lying, being paranoid about one particular thing, or repeating a bad decision. Repeating these small actions can foreshadow into other parts of people's lives. The parts of everyone's lives that aren't as easy to see and take diligent thinking to understand. If a person can realize…