What is a motif? a. a revelation or idea within the play that has important significance c. a repeated symbol that has important
significance to understanding the themes of the play b. a character, object, place, etc. that is itself but also represents something more d. All of the above.
Answer: C) A<span> repeated symbol that has important significance to understanding the themes of the play
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A motif is a symbol that keeps showing up in a piece of literature and connects to a theme. You other most likely choice would have been choice B (which is the definition of a symbol), but choice B doesn't mention a connection to a theme, which is what is found in a motif. </span>
It allows him to hear the war drum that forces him to kill. The acute silence makes the narrator so uncomfortable, he must make the old man scream. The narrator thinks that only killing the old man will make all of the surrounding noises disappear
