Imagery and motif by Brandon Lim https://padlet.com/brandon_mh_lim/w24t6ejryy4i definition en-us 2018-12-14 07:51:29 UTC 2025-11-20 13:14:01 UTC hello@padlet.com Imagery brandon_mh_lim https://padlet.com/brandon_mh_lim/w24t6ejryy4i/wish/314555789 Imagery means to use figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses.]]> 2018-12-14 07:52:15 UTC https://padlet.com/brandon_mh_lim/w24t6ejryy4i/wish/314555789 Examples of Imagery brandon_mh_lim https://padlet.com/brandon_mh_lim/w24t6ejryy4i/wish/314555885 Imagery of light and darkness is repeated many times in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Consider an example from Act I, Scene V:
“O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!
It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope’s ear …”
Romeo praises Juliet by saying that she appears more radiant than the brightly lit torches in the hall. He says that at night her face glows like a bright jewel shining against the dark skin of an African. Through the contrasting images of light and dark, Romeo portrays Juliet’s beauty.

Short examples:

  1. The old man took the handful of dust, and sifted it through his fingers.
  2. The starry night sky looked so beautiful that it begged him to linger, but he reluctantly left for home.
  3. The fragrance of spring flowers made her joyful.
  4. The sound of a drum in the distance attracted him.
  5. The people traveled long distances to watch the sunset in the north.
  6. The stone fell with a splash in the lake.
  7. The sound of bat hitting the ball was pleasing to his ear.
  8. The chirping of birds heralded spring.
  9. There lay refuse heaps on their path that were so smelly that it maddened them.
  10. The silence in the room was unnerving.
  11. The blind man touched the tree to learn if its skin was smooth or rough.
  12. When he was on the way to work, he heard the muffled cry of a woman.
  13. The beacons of moonlight bathed the room in ethereal light.
  14. The wild gusts of cold wind pierced her body.
  15. The burger, aromatic with spices, made his mouth water in anticipation of the first bite.
]]> 2018-12-14 07:52:51 UTC https://padlet.com/brandon_mh_lim/w24t6ejryy4i/wish/314555885 Motif brandon_mh_lim https://padlet.com/brandon_mh_lim/w24t6ejryy4i/wish/314556194 In a literary work, a motif can be seen as an image, sound, action, or other figure that has a symbolic significance, and contributes toward the development of a theme. Motif and theme are linked in a literary work, but there is a difference between them. In a literary piece, a motif is a recurrent image, idea, or symbol that develops or explains a theme, while a theme is a central idea or message.


]]> 2018-12-14 07:54:38 UTC https://padlet.com/brandon_mh_lim/w24t6ejryy4i/wish/314556194 Examples of motif brandon_mh_lim https://padlet.com/brandon_mh_lim/w24t6ejryy4i/wish/314556453 In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, we find a recurring motif of incest, accompanied by incestuous desires of some characters. Laertes speaks to his sister Ophelia in a way that is sexually explicit. Hamlet’s obsession with Gertrude’s sexual life with Claudius has an underlying tone of incestuous desire.
There is also a motif of hatred for women that Hamlet experiences in his relationship with Gertrude and Ophelia. Hamlet expresses his disgust for women in Scene 2 of Act I, as he says:
“Frailty, thy name is woman”
]]> 2018-12-14 07:56:07 UTC https://padlet.com/brandon_mh_lim/w24t6ejryy4i/wish/314556453 brandon_mh_lim https://padlet.com/brandon_mh_lim/w24t6ejryy4i/wish/314556963 2018-12-14 07:59:05 UTC https://padlet.com/brandon_mh_lim/w24t6ejryy4i/wish/314556963 brandon_mh_lim https://padlet.com/brandon_mh_lim/w24t6ejryy4i/wish/314557131 2018-12-14 08:00:07 UTC https://padlet.com/brandon_mh_lim/w24t6ejryy4i/wish/314557131