Sixth Sense

Symbolism and Irony used in The Sixth Sense Symbolism and irony can be used in any type of movie or story to help show the plot or theme of it. Symbolism can be used to show many feelings or just add to the theme of the story. Symbolism can be used in many ways. It can be used to create suspense, mystery, enhance the story, or use suspense and mystery to enhance the story. There can also be many things that can symbolize something. For example, colors, objects, or sometimes-even ideas. In the move The Sixth Sense, color is used frequently throughout the story to represent things that will happen next. There were a few symbols used to add suspense to the story through things to do with ghosts. Cole had a major part in most of the symbols. There were also some ironic scenes in the movie. Scenes in which you might think one thing is going to happen but turns out another things do. In The Sixth Sense there are many things that can add to suspense. But not all of these things are considered symbolism or irony. Like music for example, music wouldn't really be considered a symbol because a symbol is usually something that you can touch.

Symbolism creates suspense to enhance the story of the show. To create suspense it uses effects and color. One of the effects used often, was the cold breath that formed when the temperature dropped due to the ghosts being angry. When you see the cold breath, it foreshadows what will happen next or in the future. When you see it you know that a ghost is angry so you know a ghost is going to be seen by Cole. But just because you know a ghost is going to appear, it leaves you wondering what will happen due to the ghost suddenly appearing to Cole. Most movies are good if they use special effects to enhance the story. The way that the producers or special effects people were able to make it seem that the temperature changed rapidly enhances it greatly. The other form of symbolism used in The Sixth Sense is color.

Color can be used to