We use motifs everyday, but most people don’t know what it honestly means. A motif is a huge symbol, it’s the central idea over an entire work of art. Many people confuse this with a small symbol. There is big differences between a huge symbol and small. Huge symbols creates a certain mood or theme,small symbol is when only certain people can understand the theme or idea. Motifs are very important because it helps us understand symbols and themes clearly. Motifs are everywhere in the world: movies, books and most importantly daily lessons such as morals. The loss of innocence is an important motif, it is in such films such as ‘Sixteen Candles’ and ‘Juno.’ Even though, those films are a lighter comedy while other films such as ‘American Beauty’ are a darker mood. All these films have one similar trait and it's where the protagonist is eager to go into the world but finds out the difficulty of an adult. As mentioned before, ‘Juno’ is where she is thrown into adulthood, not on purpose but by a mistake. Motifs are everywhere,even in the most famous of movies. …show more content…
They move to a new house with their mother when their parents get divorced. As they move in, they are pulled into a different world with strange creatures and they investigate it and find the truth behind the Spiderwick estate. Magic is a big motif in this movie because all of the supernatural and fairytale creatures. Also, family is a big motif because, showing the survival of divorce. They have to deal with that big change and adapt to it. Those are two main motifs in the movie but there are many more in the