Symbolism: Reincarnation and Death Card King

Symbolism Cheater Sheet (with Twenty Examples) Ana Suderman 12-1

THINGS

Diamonds: shallow love, forever, greed,

Rings: eternal commitment, unbreakable

Record player: retro, throw back to old times,

Skipping Record: dark history, old killer, forgotten place,

Static: old killer, impending doom,

TV: portal, link, to the outside world,

Radio: link, information, retro

In Car Radio: Romance, Ex1. At the beginning of Zodiac, the two teens are sitting in a car about to consummate their relationship while the radio plays.

Coats: disguises the character while revealing parts of the character

Sunglasses: hides the eyes/ soul, aloof, mourning,

Glasses: knowledge, logic, seeing more than what’s apparent,

Shattering Glass: end of innocence,

Music box: grotesque, childhood’s end, utopia

Ace of Spade: death card

King of Hearts: suicide king, death

Cross: sacrifice, martyr, savior,

Bells: death, new beginnings,

Beds: illness, prison, insanity,

Bars: prison, no escape,

Windows:20 freedom, escape,

Birds on Window Sills: hope, freedom, escape just out of reach,

Trees: life, family, growth, old times, escape, wisdom

Dead Trees: end of the past, forgotten past,

Vehicles: freedom, escape, future, time, passing of the ages, inlet to character

Motorcycles: free spirit, danger, excitement,

Road: freedom, escape to a better place, Ex2. In Vanishing Point, Kowalski decides to escape his mundane life by taking to the road and running from the cops.

Train: American Dream, throwback to an older time, hideout, dichotomous, entrapment, opportunity,

Boats: passage to freedom, escape to better life,

Planes: freedom, modern escape,

Buses: poor travel, life,

Tickets: adventure, chance, see the world,

Names: inlet to character

Colors: inlet to mood, setting,

White: innocence, naivety, snow, pure, angelic, day,