Hornsby Patterns/Foreshadowing

In regard to Hornsby and how his idea of motif relates to Conduct of Life one of the blaring instances for me was the consistant character contradictions that make up the character of Leticia. This is a pattern that reoccurs throughout the play and I think this depiction of character is implemented by Fornes in order to establish a pattern of conflicting emotion and personality of this character to the audience. The reason I chose this to represent the idea of motif is because Fornes's choice to depict her characters this way sets the tone of the play so well and within itself creates a distance between the audience and the character that establishes the character as someone we can't invest our trust in.
Orlando is harder to figure out because we see many layers to his volitile personality and that is precisely why I chose to focus on Leticia in relation to motif and patterns. From the very start we hear Leticia making claims that she can't stand deer hunting and that she would save the innocent deer by stepping in front of a bullet for it. Later in the play she also claims that if she had money she would give back to the community and help those in need. This is another instance in which she contradicts her words when later we see her refusing to give her house maid money to buy a new cooking pot. Fornes establishes early on that Leticia's weaknesses outweigh her strenghts and this pattern repeats throughout the play. Fornes creates an interest in the character that makes the audience want to see where the story will take them. The pattern of character depiction resonates througout the play,  raises questions, will Leticia stand up to Orlando in the end?; Will Leticia make good on her word and protect this child from her abusive husband? This is why I chose character motif in response to our blog question.

As far as motif is concerned in other dramatic productions I've chosen to focus on Christopher Nolan's strategic use of foreshadowing at the end of the film Batman Begins. There are several films I could have chosen and honestly there are far better examples im sure, but I ultimately chose Batman Begins because there is a clear cut moment in the film that foreshadows events on the horizon. As an audience member watching the film for the first time, we've just sat down and have experienced a great comic book character origin story unfold before us and just as we reach the point of denouement the film and we think things couldn't get any better we're given a glimpse of something quite unexpected and an idea of things to come. Batman has just defeated the films antagonist and we come to a final scene between the Batman and Commissioner Gordon. The two exchange words and discuss things to come atop the Police Headquarters. As the conversation continues we see Commissioner Gordon hand Batman a new piece of evidence in regard to a new criminal menace in Gotham City. Turns out it's none other than the Joker who has left his calling card for the police. Granted this is a pretty straight forward example of foreshadowing, but I can't help to admire it because it just sets up so many possibilities for things to come.