Motif

The Ten Commandments are an important and relevant aspect of the religion motif in Romeo and Juliet that plays a major role in development of characters and dramatic action as well as helping to present and add depth to themes. One of the most well known commandments is the fifth one that says thou shall not kill. Considered to be the worst crime of all time, murder is a serious mortal sin as well and goes completely against the word of God. Romeo actually kills two people in this play as…

Motifs and symbols are two different types of literary elements that Shakespeare tends to use to display the development of a theme. A motif is an object or idea that repeats throughout a piece of literature while a symbol is an object or action to represent something else. Motifs tend to show up more in the literary piece while symbols occur maybe once or twice during the entire piece. Hamlet has multiple motifs and also a few symbols to tie to the main theme of the play. The major theme in the…

The Faith Motif in Life of Pi Throughout history, innumerable lives have been lost at the hands of religion. Religion and faith have always been integral factors of society dating back to earlier civilizations. Religious believers operate on the inherent basis that their chosen belief is superior to all other religions creating tears in the fabric of the human race which is shown throughout the novel, Life of Pi. Throughout his endeavor, the main character, Pi Patel discovers unifying elements…

The use of recurring imagery and motifs present significant meaning throughout all type of texts. The stage drama Romeo and Juliet, writing by playwright William Shakespeare first published 1595, and the adapted drama film Romeo + Juliet, directed by Baz Luhrmann in 1996, outlines the tragic death that occurs to Romeo and Juliet, star-crossed lovers and the only children of the Montague and Capulet household. Shakespeare and Luhrmann have included examples of heat and fire, water, darkness and…

For our soundtrack project, we chose to do Dracula because we were fascinated by the numerous motifs and themes that Stoker exemplified in his dramatic novel. For our first song-to-quote connection, we looked at the motif of sex and love; this motif appeared in many forms. We thought that the love shared between Mina and Jonathan was, ultimately, the strongest. Jonathan’s devotion to his wife is revealed when he noted, “There was something about them that made me uneasy, some longing and at the…

see that your focus was on the metaphor Harris dwells on which is the term slave. As you may have noticed on the group assignment, we had to write about the Theological Foundation of the Shepherd Motif in the Scriptures. Laniak’s exposition talks extensively about the significance of the shepherd motif as a metaphor for leadership, but also he also explains how “Biblical theology engages an interest both in individual emphasis of various authors in their own settings, and in the common themes…

hanging through different literary features. When Richard’s mom asks him to end her suffering, Richard begins contemplating his life and his character. The motif of connecting, with other and groups, expresses Richard’s change of ideals. As Richard matured, he connected and wanted to connect with minorities like himself. One of the connecting motifs that shows Richard's attempt to connect with white people at his mother’s restaurant. He says that, “Toward evening my mother would take hot dishes…

In the gothic novel Dracula there are many gothic motifs. Gothic motifs are images that show up in other gothic stories. For example, in most gothic stories there are stormy nights, full moons, spooky castles, wolves, bats, horses and carriages, cobwebs, etc. From Dracula, the four things that show up most in other stories are the spooky castle, the stormy nights, blood, and carriage rides. The first motif noticed in Dracula is the carriage ride in the evening. This shows up in other gothic…

Symbolism/Motif Essay One may never fathom the concept of what unpretentious darkness is until one has encountered torment. Humanity needs to comprehend that authentic agony can only be acquired once sanity and clarity have been over casted by the monsters that flourish within our cravings. In the novel A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens vividly captures the blood-stained terror and upheaval of the tumultuous epoch of the French Revolution. The motif of darkness assists the context in A Tale…

Macbeth, Shakespeare often uses this motif of hands to enhance the clarity of one of his overarching messages. At first impression, Macbeth seems to be a loyal and righteous character, however the coercing of his wife, Lady Macbeth, and his own desire for power, each lead him to commit a relentless chain of unprincipled acts. Along with creating an overwhelming chain reaction of subsequent events, simply performing one unethical act proves to illicit a…