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    The Younger family has gone through many difficulties in their lives. Their tiny apartment was once beautiful‚ but is now worn out and crammed. Lorraine Hansberry uses symbolism to expand the central idea that families endure struggles overtime that will constantly dwell with them. The Younger family apartment suffers from wear and tear. Distress is shown throughout the small home. The worn out couch upholstery on the couch in the living room is symbolic of the struggles that the family faces

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    With Williams’ passionate but calm introduction to the text‚ came the first instance of symbolism with his description of the “Blue Piano.” In scene 6‚ the Varsouviana Polka music is introduced‚ resembling aspects of emotion as well. Firstly‚ The Blue Piano embodies fear. As the scene starts to foreshadow a future occurrence of domestic violence‚ the music appears to reach a crescendo. Similarly‚ this also occurs when the characters enter a scene of panic or anxiety. As a prime example‚ the opening

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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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    Holden’s love for children first shows itself in his description of his young sister‚ Phoebe. All of his thoughts up to those of his sister are dark and unsettling. Phoebe’s description is so outrightly loving that the reader is shown an entirely new side to Holden‚ one that shows he is not entirely incapable of happiness. Phoebe’s role as a minor character in the novel is to keep Holden anchored to reality; to prevent him from ruining his life completely and losing all hope in his future. It is

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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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    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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    A Woman ’s Power Struggle Of the symbolism in Doris Lessing ’s short story‚ "A Woman on the Roof"‚ the most obvious symbols are the women‚ her roof and the three workmen. This story is about a woman ’s power struggle. In a time period such as the one this story takes place in‚ it may sound a bit ironic and historically speaking‚ we would not mention the words woman and power in the same sentence. Lessing uses symbolism to show the power struggles woman went through to gain freedom from an unequal

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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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