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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Motif | | | |  Motif: Encyclopedia II - Steve Erickson - Biography:
Steve Erickson was born and brought up as an only child in Granada Hills, Los Angeles. His mother runs a small theatre in L.A, his father (died in 1990) was a photographer. When he was a child he stuttered badly; this motif often recurs in his novels.
He wrote his first story when he was 7, and he was accused of plagiarizing it. Because of his stuttering some teachers believed that he couldn’t read at all. When he was 15 he was already sending his stories to publishers, without any results. At 17 he wrote his first novel. He studie ...
See also:Steve Erickson, Steve Erickson - Biography:, Steve Erickson - Recurring motifs, Steve Erickson - Bibliography, Steve Erickson - Novels, Steve Erickson - Other, Steve Erickson - Awards Read more here: » Steve Erickson: Encyclopedia II - Steve Erickson - Biography: |
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| | | | | Motif: Encyclopedia II - The Mummy novel - Overview During the Edwardian Age, a wealthy shipping-magnate-turned-archeologist, Lawrence Stratford, discovers an unusual tomb. The "mummy" inside, in its left-behind notes, claims to be the famed pharaoh Ramses II, despite the tomb's dating only to the first century B.C. (the historical Ramses II died in 1224 B.C.).
Before he can fully investigate this claim, Lawrence unexpectedly falls dead, and those around him fear he was the victim of a curse placed on the tomb. Nonetheless, the mummy and other belongings are shipped off to London, placed on temporary display in Lawrence's house ...
See also:The Mummy novel, The Mummy novel - Overview, The Mummy novel - Plotline, The Mummy novel - Motifs, The Mummy novel - Influences, The Mummy novel - Connection to the Vampire Chronicles? Read more here: » The Mummy novel: Encyclopedia II - The Mummy novel - Overview |
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| | | | | Motif: Encyclopedia II - The Mummy novel - Plotline Henry was responsible for his uncle Lawrence's death, having poisoned his coffee while they were alone in the tomb. However, there was a witness to the murder - Ramses, the mummy. When Henry tries to poison Julie in the same manner as her father, Ramses comes back to life to scare Henry away.
Ramses is who he claims to be. During his reign as pharaoh, he learned from a Hittite priestess the formula for an "elixir" that grants eternal life. The potion not only made him immortal, but also allows his body to regenerate from damage that w ...
See also:The Mummy novel, The Mummy novel - Overview, The Mummy novel - Plotline, The Mummy novel - Motifs, The Mummy novel - Influences, The Mummy novel - Connection to the Vampire Chronicles? Read more here: » The Mummy novel: Encyclopedia II - The Mummy novel - Plotline |
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| | | | | Motif: Encyclopedia II - Tristan chord - Analyses Although at the same time enharmonically sounding like the half-diminished chord F - Ab - Cb - Eb, it can also be interpreted as the suspended altered subdominant II: B - D# - F - A (the G# being the suspension in the key of a-minor). Jean-Jacques Nattiez writes that musical analyses are determined by analytical situations especially in regard to the tripartition, plots, and transcendent principles. In regard to the Tristan chord the situations discussed here include what the analyst believes happens with the chord later in Tristan and Isolde, possible belief in only three harmonic functions or in functional successi ...
See also:Tristan chord, Tristan chord - Analyses, Tristan chord - As a motif, Tristan chord - As a chord, Tristan chord - Wagner's Opinion, Tristan chord - Responses and influences, Tristan chord - Sources Read more here: » Tristan chord: Encyclopedia II - Tristan chord - Analyses |
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| | | | | | Motif: Encyclopedia II - Black Comedy - Plot Overview SPOILER WARNING: Plot elements are divulged!
The play begins at 9:30 on a Sunday evening, in the London flat of sculptor Brindsley Miller. He and his fiancée, Carol Melkett, are preparing for a party, in order to impress Carol's father (Colonel Melkett) and millionaire art buyer Georg Bamberger (who is rumored to be deaf). In order to "spruce up" Brindsley's apartment, they have stolen neighbor Harold Gorringe's beloved antique furniture (for Harold is away for the weekend). Just as the last piece of stolen furniture is set in place, ...
See also:Black Comedy, Black Comedy - Plot Overview, Black Comedy - Characters, Black Comedy - Brindsley, Black Comedy - Carol, Black Comedy - Colonel Melkett, Black Comedy - Miss Furnival, Black Comedy - Harold, Black Comedy - Clea, Black Comedy - Schuppanzigh, Black Comedy - Georg Bamberger, Black Comedy - Themes Motifs and Symbols, Black Comedy - Themes, Black Comedy - Motifs, Black Comedy - Symbols, Black Comedy - Great Quotes Read more here: » Black Comedy: Encyclopedia II - Black Comedy - Plot Overview |
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Black Comedy - Brindsley.
The main character and lead of the play, Brindsley has about three hundred and fifty lines in he single act of Black Comedy. The entire play circles around his descent into despair, and the essential plotline is of his evening-gone-wrong (and worse and worse). He represents the everyman in society: all have secrets they would prefer to keep "in the dark." He is also a morally confused character: he is both villain and victim of the farce. His infidelity and dishonesty vilify him, ...
See also:Black Comedy, Black Comedy - Plot Overview, Black Comedy - Characters, Black Comedy - Brindsley, Black Comedy - Carol, Black Comedy - Colonel Melkett, Black Comedy - Miss Furnival, Black Comedy - Harold, Black Comedy - Clea, Black Comedy - Schuppanzigh, Black Comedy - Georg Bamberger, Black Comedy - Themes Motifs and Symbols, Black Comedy - Themes, Black Comedy - Motifs, Black Comedy - Symbols, Black Comedy - Great Quotes Read more here: » Black Comedy: Encyclopedia II - Black Comedy - Characters |
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| | | | | Motif: Encyclopedia II - Macbeth - Synopsis The play opens with the three witches ("weird sisters") discussing their upcoming meeting with Macbeth. Macbeth, Thane of Glamis, and Banquo, generals to King Duncan of Scotland, have just defeated invasion of Scotland by the allied forces of Norway and Ireland led by the rebel Macdonwald.
As Macbeth and Banquo wander into a heath the three Witches greet them with prophecies. The first witch hails Macbeth as "Thane of Glamis", the second as "Thane of Cawdor", and the third that he shall "be King hereafter". The Witches also inform Ban ...
See also:Macbeth, Macbeth - Synopsis, Macbeth - Text of the play, Macbeth - Recurring Motifs and Themes, Macbeth - King James VI of Scotland King James I of England, Macbeth - Shakespeare's sources, Macbeth - Film versions, Macbeth - Adaptations Read more here: » Macbeth: Encyclopedia II - Macbeth - Synopsis |
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| | | | | Motif: Encyclopedia II - Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Lore A great deal has been written about Fifth symphony in books, scholarly articles, and program notes for live and recorded performances. This section summarizes some themes that commonly appear in this material.
Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - The fate motif.
The initial motif of the symphony has sometimes been credited with symbolic significance as a representation of Fate knocking at the door. This idea comes from Beethoven's secretary and factotum Anton Schindle ...
See also:Symphony No. 5 Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - History, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Composition, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Premiere, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Reception and influence, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Form, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - First movement, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Second movement, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Third movement, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Fourth movement, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Lore, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - The fate motif, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Beethoven's choice of key, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Is the opening motif repeated throughout the symphony?, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Textual questions, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - The third movement repeat, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Reassigning bassoon notes to the horns, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Media, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - The symphony in popular culture, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Notes and references, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Editions Read more here: » Symphony No. 5 Beethoven: Encyclopedia II - Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Lore |
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| | | | | Motif: Encyclopedia II - Olmec - Mathematics The late Olmec had already begun to use a true zero (a shell glyph) several centuries before Ptolemy (possibly by the fourth century BC) which later on would become an integral part of Maya numerals.
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See also:Olmec, Olmec - Overview, Olmec - Etymology of the name, Olmec - History, Olmec - Early History, Olmec - Decline, Olmec - Olmec art, Olmec - Olmec colossal heads, Olmec - The were-jaguar motif, Olmec - Religion, Olmec - Mathematics, Olmec - Olmec people, Olmec - Mormon speculation Read more here: » Olmec: Encyclopedia II - Olmec - Mathematics |
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| | | | | Motif: Encyclopedia II - Olmec - Overview The Olmec homeland is characterized by swampy lowlands punctuated by low hill ridges and volcanoes. The Olmec response to this environment was the construction of permanent city-temple complexes. The best-known Olmec centers are at San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán, La Venta, Tres Zapotes, Chalcatzingo, and La Mojarra.
The Olmec were the first Mesoamericans to develop a hieroglyphic script for their language, the earliest known example dating from 650 BC. They were perhaps the originators of the Mesoamerican ballgame so prevalent among later ...
See also:Olmec, Olmec - Overview, Olmec - Etymology of the name, Olmec - History, Olmec - Early History, Olmec - Decline, Olmec - Olmec art, Olmec - Olmec colossal heads, Olmec - The were-jaguar motif, Olmec - Religion, Olmec - Mathematics, Olmec - Olmec people, Olmec - Mormon speculation Read more here: » Olmec: Encyclopedia II - Olmec - Overview |
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Olmec - Early History.
Olmec culture originated at its base in San Lorenzo Tenochtitlan, where distinctively Olmec features begin to emerge around 1150 BC. The rise of civilization here was probably assisted by the local ecology of well watered rich alluvial soil, encouraging high maize production. This ecology may be compared to that of other ancient centres of civilization: Mesopotamia and the Nile valley. It is speculated that the dense population concentration at San Lorenzo encouraged the rise of an elite cl ...
See also:Olmec, Olmec - Overview, Olmec - Etymology of the name, Olmec - History, Olmec - Early History, Olmec - Decline, Olmec - Olmec art, Olmec - Olmec colossal heads, Olmec - The were-jaguar motif, Olmec - Religion, Olmec - Mathematics, Olmec - Olmec people, Olmec - Mormon speculation Read more here: » Olmec: Encyclopedia II - Olmec - History |
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| | | | | Motif: Encyclopedia II - Olmec - Olmec art Much Olmec art is highly stylized and uses an iconography reflective of the religious meaning of the artworks. Some Olmec art, however, is surprisingly naturalistic, displaying an accuracy of depiction of human anatomy perhaps equaled in the Pre-Columbian New World only by the best Maya Classic era art. Olmec artforms emphasize monumental statuary and small jade carvings. A common theme is to be found in representations of a divine jaguar. Olmec figurines were also fou ...
See also:Olmec, Olmec - Overview, Olmec - Etymology of the name, Olmec - History, Olmec - Early History, Olmec - Decline, Olmec - Olmec art, Olmec - Olmec colossal heads, Olmec - The were-jaguar motif, Olmec - Religion, Olmec - Mathematics, Olmec - Olmec people, Olmec - Mormon speculation Read more here: » Olmec: Encyclopedia II - Olmec - Olmec art |
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| | | | | Motif: Encyclopedia II - Olmec - Mormon speculation Some members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) have suggested that the Olmecs may be the Jaredites recorded in the Book of Mormon because of alleged similarities in the Olmec archaeological record. However, the book mentions things that are not known to have been part of the Olmec culture, such as iron, silk, and elephants. This speculation is not supported by any aspe ...
See also:Olmec, Olmec - Overview, Olmec - Etymology of the name, Olmec - History, Olmec - Early History, Olmec - Decline, Olmec - Olmec art, Olmec - Olmec colossal heads, Olmec - The were-jaguar motif, Olmec - Religion, Olmec - Mathematics, Olmec - Olmec people, Olmec - Mormon speculation Read more here: » Olmec: Encyclopedia II - Olmec - Mormon speculation |
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| | | | | Motif: Encyclopedia II - Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Media The following performance of the Fifth Symphony is by the Fulda Symphonic Orchestra (Fuldaer Symphonisches Orchester) under the direction of Simon Schindler. The recording is from a concert of March 10, 2000, performed in the Orangerie in Fulda, Germany.
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See also:Symphony No. 5 Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - History, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Composition, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Premiere, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Reception and influence, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Form, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - First movement, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Second movement, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Third movement, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Fourth movement, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Lore, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - The fate motif, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Beethoven's choice of key, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Is the opening motif repeated throughout the symphony?, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Textual questions, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - The third movement repeat, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Reassigning bassoon notes to the horns, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Media, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - The symphony in popular culture, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Notes and references, Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Editions Read more here: » Symphony No. 5 Beethoven: Encyclopedia II - Symphony No. 5 Beethoven - Media |
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| | | | | Motif: Encyclopedia II - Revolutionary Girl Utena - Plot summary The series is divided into story arcs, in each of which Utena comes into conflict with a different power at Ohtori Academy (Enoki Films calls it "Otori Junior High School"). Particular motifs illustrate the style and methods of each rival.
Revolutionary Girl Utena - Student Council Saga.
The Student Council Saga begins with Utena Tenjou challenging Kyoichi Saionji to a duel due to him putting up Utena's friend Wakaba's love letter to him on a billboard because he found it stupid. Utena takes her ang ...
See also:Revolutionary Girl Utena, Revolutionary Girl Utena - Composition, Revolutionary Girl Utena - Plot summary, Revolutionary Girl Utena - Student Council Saga, Revolutionary Girl Utena - Characters, Revolutionary Girl Utena - Main characters, Revolutionary Girl Utena - Student Council members, Revolutionary Girl Utena - Black Rose Duellists, Revolutionary Girl Utena - Minor characters, Revolutionary Girl Utena - Themes, Revolutionary Girl Utena - Visual motifs, Revolutionary Girl Utena - Inspirations, Revolutionary Girl Utena - Music Read more here: » Revolutionary Girl Utena: Encyclopedia II - Revolutionary Girl Utena - Plot summary |
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| | | | | Motif: Encyclopedia II - The Lovely Bones - Plot summary The novel begins with an anecdote, used as an epigraph, in which Susie recalls her father amusing her as a child by shaking a snow dome with a small penguin inside all by himself. She expresses concern for the penguin. "Don't worry, Susie," he says, "He's got a nice life. He's trapped inside a perfect world."
In the opening sentences, Susie introduces herself to us and takes us to the date of her death, December 6, 1973, "before kids of all races and genders started appearing on milk cartons and in the daily mail ... when ...
See also:The Lovely Bones, The Lovely Bones - Plot summary, The Lovely Bones - Title, The Lovely Bones - Origins, The Lovely Bones - Characters, The Lovely Bones - Themes and literary techniques, The Lovely Bones - Symbols and motifs, The Lovely Bones - Omniscient narrator, The Lovely Bones - Commercial and critical reception, The Lovely Bones - Controversies, The Lovely Bones - Film version, The Lovely Bones - Trivia Read more here: » The Lovely Bones: Encyclopedia II - The Lovely Bones - Plot summary |
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| | | | | Motif: Encyclopedia II - The Lovely Bones - Origins During her freshman year at Syracuse University, Sebold was raped. In Lucky, her 1997 memoir of that event and its aftermath, she describes how a police officer told her the rapist's previous victim had died. She also saw the rapist on the street later and reported him to the police. Eventually she testified against him at trial, and he was convicted and received the maximum sentence.
She began the novel in the early 1990s as an outgrowth of those events. However, she fiercely resists any suggestion that it had anything to do w ...
See also:The Lovely Bones, The Lovely Bones - Plot summary, The Lovely Bones - Title, The Lovely Bones - Origins, The Lovely Bones - Characters, The Lovely Bones - Themes and literary techniques, The Lovely Bones - Symbols and motifs, The Lovely Bones - Omniscient narrator, The Lovely Bones - Commercial and critical reception, The Lovely Bones - Controversies, The Lovely Bones - Film version, The Lovely Bones - Trivia Read more here: » The Lovely Bones: Encyclopedia II - The Lovely Bones - Origins |
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| | | | | Motif: Encyclopedia II - The Lovely Bones - Themes and literary techniques Much of the novel concerns itself with grief and how it is, or is not, overcome, by Susie and her family. It is similar in many ways to Judith Guest’s Ordinary People, which also concerns a suburban family in the mid-1970s trying to cope with the sudden death of its eldest teenaged child.
The disintegration of the suburban nuclear family during the 1970s is also present, as Susie's death precipitates a chain of events which ultimately results in Abigail, feeling more and more trapped by her domestic responsibilities, leaving ...
See also:The Lovely Bones, The Lovely Bones - Plot summary, The Lovely Bones - Title, The Lovely Bones - Origins, The Lovely Bones - Characters, The Lovely Bones - Themes and literary techniques, The Lovely Bones - Symbols and motifs, The Lovely Bones - Omniscient narrator, The Lovely Bones - Commercial and critical reception, The Lovely Bones - Controversies, The Lovely Bones - Film version, The Lovely Bones - Trivia Read more here: » The Lovely Bones: Encyclopedia II - The Lovely Bones - Themes and literary techniques |
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| | | | | Motif: Encyclopedia II - The Lovely Bones - Commercial and critical reception Sebold's novel was the surprise of the American publishing world in 2002. Unheralded, by a younger author known only for one other book, and not widely outside of literary circles, with a plot and narrative device that many publishers admitted they would have passed on without actually reading had it been described to them, it would have been considered a success by Little, Brown had it sold 20,000 copies. It wound up selling over a million and remained ...
See also:The Lovely Bones, The Lovely Bones - Plot summary, The Lovely Bones - Title, The Lovely Bones - Origins, The Lovely Bones - Characters, The Lovely Bones - Themes and literary techniques, The Lovely Bones - Symbols and motifs, The Lovely Bones - Omniscient narrator, The Lovely Bones - Commercial and critical reception, The Lovely Bones - Controversies, The Lovely Bones - Film version, The Lovely Bones - Trivia Read more here: » The Lovely Bones: Encyclopedia II - The Lovely Bones - Commercial and critical reception |
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| | | | | Motif: Encyclopedia II - Naji al-Ali - Assassination An unknown youth opened fire on Naji al-Ali in London on the 22 July 1987, hitting him in the right temple. He remained unconscious until his death on 29 August 1987. Although his will requested that he be buried in Ain al-Hilweh beside his father, this proved impossible to arrange and he was buried in Brookwood Islamic Cemetery outside London. It is still not known who was responsible for his assassination. British police investigating the killing arrested a Palestinian student in Hull University, Isma'il Hassan Sawan and found a cache of weapons in his apartment, but he ...
See also:Naji al-Ali, Naji al-Ali - Early Life, Naji al-Ali - Career as a cartoonist and journalist, Naji al-Ali - Work positions and awards, Naji al-Ali - Handala, Naji al-Ali - Other characters and motifs, Naji al-Ali - Assassination, Naji al-Ali - Sources Read more here: » Naji al-Ali: Encyclopedia II - Naji al-Ali - Assassination |
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| | | | | Motif: Encyclopedia II - Naji al-Ali - Early Life Naji al-Ali was born in 1938 in the village of Shajra, located between Tiberias and Nazareth. He went into exile in the south of Lebanon with his family in 1948 during the Nakba and lived in Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp near Sidon, where he attended the Union of Christian Churches school. After gaining his Certificat he worked in the orchards of Sidon, then moved to Tripoli where he attended the White Friars' vocational school for two years.
Naji al-Ali then moved to Beirut, where he lived in a tent in Chatila camp and worked in various industrial jobs. In 1957, after qualifying as a car mechanic, he travelled to Sa ...
See also:Naji al-Ali, Naji al-Ali - Early Life, Naji al-Ali - Career as a cartoonist and journalist, Naji al-Ali - Work positions and awards, Naji al-Ali - Handala, Naji al-Ali - Other characters and motifs, Naji al-Ali - Assassination, Naji al-Ali - Sources Read more here: » Naji al-Ali: Encyclopedia II - Naji al-Ali - Early Life |
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