Instructions for final project

1. TALE OF TWO CITIES
Motif Project

2. MOTIF:
A reoccurring pattern that
helps establish an overall theme

3. TOTC MOTIFS
➤ Duality
➤ Resurrection
➤ Shadows/Darkness
➤ Secrets
➤ Imprisonment (literal/
figurative
If the motif is an example, what is
the lesson to be learned? AKA:
The theme?

4. YOUR OBJECTIVES
Analyze and determine what theme is developed through your
specific motif
Create a video presentation detailing specific scenes from the novel to
prove your conclusion

5. PROJECT REQUIREMENTS (PLANNING/DRAFTING STAGE)
➤ Research a specific image in A Tale of Two Cities
➤ Choose three scenes from each book (NINE scenes TOTAL)
which develop both the motif and your understanding of the
motif’s importance or function
➤ Analyze the images as a motif (is it shown in multiple ways
or one recurring way?)
➤ How the motif enhances the book’s theme or develops
characterizations

6. PROJECT REQUIREMENTS (FILMING STAGE)
➤ Prepare and introduction and conclusion for your presentation;
address the overall sense you have of your image, address your
choice of scenes, and clearly identify the play’s theme.
➤ SUMMARIZE the scenes using a film editing program (iMovie,
Adobe Voice, etc) to create a creative presentation of the
scenes (using pictures/animations/illustrations and
narration).
➤ Between the summaries of each scene, explain why it was
chosen and how it helps develop the motif, theme,
characterization, etc.

7. TO GET AN “A” MAKE SURE YOU SUCCESSFULLY..
➤ Use appropriate music during the scenes as well as during the
opening and closing segments (not distracting)
➤ Use appropriate music during the scenes as well as during the
opening and closing segments (not distracting)
➤ COMMAND the literary language
➤ mood
➤ imagery
➤ word choice

8. FORMAT OF YOUR VIDEO
1. Introduction - your motif, the
overall sense you have about
your image (what it means to
you) in relation to an overall
theme
2. Scene summary
3. Scene analysis
4. Repeat 2 and 3 for all (9)
scenes
5. Conclusion

9. WORK FAIRLY AND GET IT DONE
DUE: December 9 (SET 3) December 10 (SET 6) - those days
will NOT be work days