: Re: Motif, or something else? The "Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allen Poe greatly touches upon the conflict between the wealthy and the poor, with one of Poe's purposes of writing being to

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That would be a theme rather than a motif. A theme is an idea or message that's key to the story, and a motif is an element that recurs throughout the story--an object, symbol, etc.--that contributes to building a theme.

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