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This document defines and provides examples of themes, motifs, and symbols. Themes are universal ideas explored in a work, such as corruption or ambition. Motifs support and help explain themes through recurring structures or devices. Symbols represent abstract concepts through people, objects, or colors. The document instructs the reader to identify these literary elements in Macbeth and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight to evaluate, compare and contrast the two stories.
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Thesis: Maintaining One’s freedom is a constant struggle because of racial, sexual and age discrimination.
Setting social pressure: women were restricted to fill social norms.
Conflict: Man vs. Man
Doll House: Struggle between genders.
After Auschiwtz: Struggle between different groups (cultural bias)
Fish: The old age fish description.
Another way to die: Racial hatred with the Chinese and other nations, and how the prisoners were treated.
Aria:
Symbolism: After Auschwitz: Frying pan
Fish: Five old pieces of fish lines (struggle for freedom)
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What can we use that is common in nearly every work that will help us reinforce one common theme? (Ex. Freedom and Confinement)
Analyzing theme always involves generalizations and abstractions. There are universal themes that can be found in countless works of literature, such as love and hate, good and evil, innocence and experience, communication and isolation, life and death, society and the individual. A story or poem may be about a specific love affair, for example; it is easy to say the general subject is love, but interpreting the theme involves explaining what the work says about love. You can find commonality of theme in the works you are analyzing by using the following:
· Plot - What are the actions or events of the narrative and how are they presented? How do they relate to your theme? What are the most important traits of the main characters? How does their behavior reinforce the theme you are analyzing? Does the author support their views or is he a distant observer forcing you to judge them?
Introductory Paragraph
You can use plot components almost like anecdotes to support your theme (thesis statement)
Thesis Statement
· Conflict - What conflicts are dramatized? Are they internalconflicts (within the minds of people) or external conflicts (between individuals or between people and the world)? How do these relate to the theme you are analyzing?
Topic sentence that alludes to your thesis statement and introduces conflicts that support your theme
Conflicts in the works that support your theme
Summarize your conflicts and mention that a discussion of tone is coming
· Tone - What is the prevailing tone of each work? That is, what attitudes toward the subject are conveyed by the narrator's choice of words? Is the subject presented in a manner that is serious, satirical, playful, condescending, etc ...
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Glossary of creative writing
The document provides definitions for various literary terms used in creative writing and analysis, including blog, coming-of-age story, craft essay, diction, figure of speech, foreshadowing, hyperpoetry, imagery, imaginative writing, intertextuality, irony, literary device, literary elements, literary genre, literary techniques, motif, sensory experience, symbolism, theme, typography, and vignette.
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Poem analysis
Poem analysis refers to the process of examining a poem closely, dissecting its various elements, and interpreting its meaning, themes, structure, language, and poetic devices. It involves a detailed study and critical analysis of the poem’s content and form to gain a deeper understanding of the poet’s intentions and the poem’s significance.
When analyzing a poem, there are several key aspects to consider:
Theme: The central idea or message conveyed by the poem. It can be explicit or implicit and often explores universal human experiences, emotions, or philosophical concepts.
Structure: The organization and arrangement of the poem’s lines, stanzas, and overall form. It includes examining the poem’s rhyme scheme, meter, rhythm, and any unique patterns or repetitions.
Language and Imagery: The specific words, phrases, and figures of speech used by the poet to create vivid imagery, evoke emotions, or convey complex ideas. Metaphors, similes, personification, and other literary devices are often employed to enhance the poem’s impact.
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2. A discussion of common figurative language techniques like metaphor, simile, imagery and how new criticism focuses on understanding these formal elements.
3. Homework instructions asking students to analyze "My Papa's Waltz" using new critical techniques, and discuss their agreement or disagreement with the provided critical essay's interpretation.
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- 1. MACBETH Themes, motifs and symbolism in
- 2. Theme Theme is the universal idea that is explored in any given work. A universal idea is one that is known in all cultures. Some examples are corruption, compassion, fear, victory, conflict, ambition, pride, etc.
- 3. Theme… There are recurring themes throughout all literature in all cultures, making them universal. No matter where we go or what we may read, there is a theme in the story, a lesson to be learned, some wisdom to be gleaned. For example, the themes in Romeo & Juliet are love and passion and how love can promote violence or division.
- 4. Motif Motif is different from theme because they help to support the theme.They are recurring structures, contrasts or literary devices that help support, explain and develop the text’s theme. For instance, the motifs in Romeo & Juliet are light & dark and opposite points of view.
- 5. Symbol You learned a long time ago that a symbol is something that usually represents something else. More specifically, symbols are people, objects, figures, or colors that represent abstract ideas. For example, a red rose usually symbolizes love, a white rose, purity. Likewise, as in Hamlet, rosemary represents remembrance, as Ophelia declared.
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