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    As characters begin to align with Alan his power and sanity are restored‚ persuading others to join him and bury the hinges which symbolise the entering of a new ideology‚ in order for Alan to maintain the history that he is ‘proud of’. Through symbolism of the town opening their minds to new ways of thinking and the plans to build a gate which will be opened towards

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    In the short story‚ “The Gift of the Magi”‚ O. Henry uses literary devices to show us that love and sacrifice are powerful human emotions‚ that cannot be outstripped by material possessions. In the story‚ the author uses many quotes to express symbolism to help reiterate the theme‚ one of the quotes is‚ “of all who give and receive gifts‚ such as they are the wisest. Everywhere they are the wisest. They are the Magi” (O Henry 185-186). This quote applies to the theme‚ because it helps to relate their

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    Santiago Nasar Symbolism

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    revolves around is the death of Santiago Nasar. The deflowering of Angela Vicario out of wedlock by Santiago Nasar is the basis of his death by Angela’s twin brothers. Magical realism has a large role in the novel that can be displayed through symbolism. The death of Santiago Nasar can have a deeper meaning when it relates so strongly to the death of Jesus Christ. There are many key similarities that are mentioned from Gabriel Garcia-Marquez. Some of these similarities include how Santiago Nasar

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    Symbolism In Sonny's Blues

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    Baldwin uses symbolism to demonstrate their relationship on how they are different and how they also share a common goal of getting along and not fighting. You can see the brother’s relationship change quickly in the end of the story. This story gives readers hope that people can change for the better. Through the brother’s trials and tribulations‚ their relationship was weak but as time passed‚ their relationship became stronger than they could have ever imagined. Baldwin uses symbolism of blues and

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    The Name of the Rose is a book of symbolism‚ written by Umberto Eco who studied semiology‚ the study of signs and sign processes. His likeness of signs and symbols is shown through his text. In the book‚ there are some consistencies with the events at the Abbey and the number seven; specifically‚ there are seven monks who represent the seven deadly sins. Some of these monks that represent the seven deadly sins died and some did not. Either way‚ whether they lived or died‚ each monk shows the traits

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    White Heron Symbolism

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    Symbolism in The White Heron Symbol #1 White Heron Trapped Analysis #1 The heron doesn’t have the freedom and it feels trapped because the hunter is looking for it. Support #1.A "She knew that strange bird‚ and had once soften softly near where it stood in some bright swamp grass‚ away over at the other side of the woods". (Jewett 489) Support #1.B "Nodding branches grew‚ and her grandmother knew that she might

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    Gwen's Symbolism In Away

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    Within the play Away‚ it is evident that the symbolism of ‘keys’ dramatically places the audience to witness the characters frame of mind and thus allows for the greater discovery to be developed about the individual‚ Gwen. The vanished keys symbolically represents that there is a hypothetical door that is “locked”‚ thus‚ the characters are unable to open the new journey by themselves‚ but rather make the catastrophic discovery that they will need to compromise and re-asses their perspectives and

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    Symbolism was an important factor to shift the audience’s focus. The audience is first introduced to the lost thing‚ in a dull background highlighting how out of place the Lost Thing is in the monotonous environment‚ symbolising its unusual appearance as well as conveying isolation. Judging by the close appearance and body language of the Lost Thing indicates it being out of place in this industry society therefore indeed being lost. Furthermore the text line of “It had a sad‚ lost sort of look”

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    Mr Mitty Symbolism

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    The authors use symbolism to demonstrate how the characters change and become unsure of their identity. The overshoes and gloves are symbols of Mrs. Mitty’s overprotectiveness that causes Mr. Mitty to become passive‚ changing his identity and who he could be or become. As she is leaving to get her hair done‚ Mrs. Mitty tells Walter to “[r]emember to get [some] overshoes” and questions him about “why [he doesn’t] wear [his] gloves” (Thurber 34). Mrs. Mitty is always badgering Walter about things he

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    Symbolism in Animal Farm

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    Symbolism in Animal Farm Animal Farm is almost a direct parallel to Russia during the time of World War I through World War II. The characters all have real life counterparts that are easily seen. The events are also all real and conveyed in the novel in an easily understood way. The novel creates a new way to look at the events that transpired during this time period and allows people to really understand what happened. In Animal Farm‚ George Orwell employs many symbols to convey the parallelism

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