Lygia (Symbol)
Lygia stands here as a symbol of pure beauty both of the soul and the body. She was the creation of virtue and kindness. Even when Vinicius molested her, she didn’t allow hatred to him to settle in her heart: she lived under God’s laws, which called to love each other and be kind to everybody, even to enemies.
Chilo Chilonides (Symbol)
This character symbolizes corruptibility and meanness in the novel: he served to the person, who would pay him more money. He was greedy for money: he was ready te set people up, to make one man kill another etc, for money. Also he is example of how a sordid man may cardinally change having met God in his life.
Bible story (Motif)
This motif is observed through the entire plot of the novel. In every chapter Christianity, its destiny takes place. While at the beginning the reader meets something related with the religion very rarely, the Christians, chasing after them, their deaths are met more and more often. While at the beginning the motif concerns individuals – Pomponia, Lygia, Ursus, – it is related with Christians as phenomena, as stratum of society.
