Motif

A repeated image, idea or feature that helps develop meaning across a text.

A recurring image, idea or pattern that develops meaning across a text.

A repeated image, object or idea that helps develop a text’s meanings, such as the references to damaged hearts in Great Expectations.

An image, phrase or idea that recurs across a text and helps develop its meanings.

A recurring image, object or detail that helps develop a text’s themes.

A repeated detail, image or pattern that develops a text’s ideas, such as the locked doors and sealed documents in Jekyll and Hyde.

A recurring image, detail or idea that develops a text’s meanings, such as light in A Christmas Carol.

An image or idea that recurs through a text and helps develop its meaning, such as warmth accompanying affection and Christmas happiness.

A recurring detail, image or idea that helps develop a text’s meaning.

A recurring image, object or detail that helps develop a text’s meaning, such as gold and golden colour in Silas Marner.

A recurring image, object, word or pattern that helps develop a text's ideas.

A recurring image, idea or feature which develops meaning across a text.

A recurring image, idea or feature that helps develop a text's meaning.

A repeated image, idea or pattern that develops meaning across a text.

A repeated image, object or idea that helps develop a text’s meanings.

A recurring image, idea or feature that develops meaning across a text, such as fire or tree imagery in Jane Eyre.

A recurring image, detail or idea whose repetition develops meaning across a text.

A recurring image, detail or idea that helps develop a text’s meanings.

A recurring image, idea or detail that helps develop a text’s meanings.

A repeated word, image or idea that helps develop a text’s meanings.

A repeated image, idea or feature that develops meaning across a text.

A recurring image, action or idea that develops meaning across a text, such as blood, sleep or clothing in Macbeth.

A recurring image, idea or action that develops meaning across a text.

A recurring image, action or idea that develops meaning across a text.

A recurring image, idea or feature that helps develop a text's meanings.

An image, idea or other element that recurs across a text and develops its meanings.

A recurring image, idea or feature that helps develop meaning across a text, such as the references to horns in Much Ado About Nothing.

A recurring image, phrase or idea that helps develop a text's meanings.

A recurring image, phrase or idea that helps develop a work's meaning.

A recurring image, idea or dramatic feature that helps develop a text’s meanings.

A recurring object, image or idea that helps connect different parts of a text.

A recurring object, image or idea that develops meaning across a text.

A recurring image, word or idea that helps develop a text’s meaning.

A recurring image, idea or feature that helps develop a text’s meanings.

A recurring image, detail or idea that helps develop a text’s meanings.

A recurring image, detail or idea that helps develop a text’s meaning, such as light representing understanding.

An image, idea or feature that recurs through a text and helps develop its meanings.

A recurring detail or image that helps develop a text’s ideas, such as gold and golden hair in Silas Marner.

A recurring image, word, object or idea that develops meaning across a text.

A recurring detail, image or pattern that develops an idea across a literary work.