Motif

Journal #1 Frankenstein Interconnected Motifs One interconnected motif present in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is “Technology”. The main character Victor Frankenstein creates a monster by reanimating a dead body. As he says in the story, “Who shall conceive the horrors of my secret toil as I dabbled among the unhallowed damps of the grave or tortured the living animal to animate the lifeless clay?” (Shelley, chapter 4). This goes with another interconnected motif in the story, which is…

the central plot of Dracula, he functions as a rather important role, providing insight to multiple central motifs in the novel, such as invasion and blood. Firstly, through Renfield’s inner struggle we learn that he is “not his own master” (Stoker, 211). The motif of invasion is revealed by Count Dracula’s control that he has over the main characters in the novel. Secondly, the recurring motif of blood is portrayed multiple times throughout the novel and has been interpreted only through…

light and beauty, but really in Shakespeare stars represent fate and choices because some things you can’t control, some things you can. In the Elizabethan era, the motif of stars represents the future and fate of people. People in that era believed that stars controlled the fate and futures of people. Shakespeare includes the motif of stars in Romeo and Juliet in order to suggest that some…

ever written by Shakespeare. The play of Romeo and Juliet is about two children who fall in love even though they are born enemies. One technique Shakespeare used in the play to emphasize certain patterns were motifs. Motifs are recurring images that have happened in the play. A popular motifs in this story is hypocrisy, which is shown through more than one character in the play. Each character says one thing, but then contradicts what they say. Hypocrisy is shown through three characters,…

Shakespeare illustrates the theme by using motifs and foiling Oberon and Titania. Only Titania and Oberon are equally matched compared to other couples. In the play, “jealous Oberon” (2.1.24) fails to take the changeling boy the first time because “[Titania] perforce withholds the lovèd boy” (2.1.26). He then decides to use the potion. The potion is a motif that represents power and deceit. To explain, the love potion gives Oberon an upper hand in the relationship. By using the potion’s power on…

The Motif of Marriage in Antigone In Ancient Greece, marriage was a process of objectifying women and this paradigm was often incorporated into women’s personal lives. Not only was marriage legally regulated to a degree, but it was additionally seen as a business transaction with the groom’s family paying the bride’s family for the young woman, demonstrating the materialization of the marriage process towards females. Women were given a price value and no say in their participation in the…

In the book, Their Eyes Were Watching God, there are many of Motifs in the story in the community, the different races and racism, and lastly in folklore and religion. In this prompt I will be going over the motifs in the communities. For example, in the beginning of the story, it starts as Janie in her childhood living with her grandmother (nanny) and living with her cousins. One day Janie realizes she is a colored person and she is treated differently, even in her childhood because all the…

Because blood is associated with violence, and blood is a constant pattern throughout Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth, the motif of blood resonates that one’s violent actions will continue to haunt one. One way in which the author explains the theme is through using blood as a metaphor, conveying that deeds will envelope one. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are talking after the party…

In Lord of the Flies, the motif of the mask is shown towards the end of the story in order to prove that an object, such as the paint, enabled the boy’s to camouflage the true evil, and empowerment hidden deep within them, showing their uncivilized nature, as well as their lack of a moral conscious, which is seen throughout the story. For example, the mask manifests each individual into a war-like persona. It became a part of the individuals, such as the littluns it made them feel invisible. “…

In Toni Morrison's Jazz, one recurring motif is the theme of suffering and the succeeding action of characters attempting to fill the voids in their lives. Characters including Joe Trace, Dorcas, Violet, Golden Gray, and Alice Manfred all suffer from a physical or emotional loss or desire, which they attempt to thwart in different ways. Amid Violet's depression, she eventually sees violence as the answer to her husband's affair; Alice Manfred is overly protective of Dorcas, and in response,…