Literary device – Symbolism Symbolism is the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities: symbolic meaning attributed to natural objects or facts. “There seemed to be nothing to see; no fences‚ no creeks or trees‚ no hills or fields. If there was a road‚ I could not make it out in the faint starlight. There was nothing but land: not a country at all‚ but the material out of which countries are made” (10). “In all that country it was the spot most dear to me” because when all of the land has
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In the first chapter of the story‚ it is about symbolism. In the story Legend‚ some symbolism is the coin‚ the necklace‚ and lastly the character Day. Day is symbolic by showing hope‚and the coin symbolizes hope also. But on the other hand‚ I think the necklace symbolizes hate. Lou tries to get the point across that symbolism is a big part in the story. In the story‚ legend‚ Symbolism plays a big role. One piece of symbolism is the coin. It’s a coin from nineteen-ninety. I think that the coin symbolizes
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of symbolism is an important and effective method of storytelling in The Piano Lesson. Symbolism is a technique used by writers to associate one object or idea with another. This technique is essential in The Piano Lesson due to the small-scale‚ rural environment in which the story is told. Important thoughts and ideas that Wilson is trying to portray about African-American society could never be expressed without symbolism‚ due to this small setting. There are many examples of symbolism in The
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Mockingbird was a huge success. One of the reasons is because of Harper Lee’s effective use of symbolism to illustrate the evils of racism and ideology of whites in the South (Smykowski 52). The Mad Dog as Symbol by Carolyn Jones‚ Symbolism and Racism in To Kill A Mockingbird by Adam Smykowski‚ and The Boundaries of Form by Claudia Durst Johnson‚ all communicate similar ideas on the use of symbolism in To Kill A Mockingbird. One of the major symbols in the book‚ comes from its title‚ To Kill
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The use of symbolism also strengthens the prevailing theme by tying in additional hidden messages to the novel. The process of Frankenstein relaying his story is painful for him because it is symbolic that he never learned from his mistakes or repented. He expresses this grief to Walton “I cannot describe to you the agony that these reflections inflicted upon me; I have tried to dispel them‚ but sorrow only increased with knowledge” (Shelley 83). Frankenstein’s story shows how his entire pursuit
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Symbolism in Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury‚ perhaps one of the best-known science fiction‚ wrote the amazing novel Fahrenheit 451. The novel is about Guy Montag‚ a fireman’ who produces fires instead of eliminating them in order to burn books (Watt 2). One night while he is walking home from work he meets a young girl who stirs up his thoughts and curiosities like no one has before. She tells him of a world where fireman put out fires instead of starting them and where people read books and think
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Roshanna Masilamani The use of symbolism is the best way to shed light on the darker or deeper messages of a text. I strongly agree with the statement ‘the use of symbolism is the best way to shed light on the darker or deeper messages of a text’. A text that exemplifies the statement is Barbara Kingsolver’s novel ‘The Poisonwood Bible’. Symbolism was used in the text to highlight the darker and deeper messages of the text. ‘The Poisonwood Bible’ is a novel about a missionary family‚ the Prices
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The symbolism of the mockingbird relates to Boo Radley because he is of an innocent nature. Such as‚ the mockingbird which does not feast on things that it shouldn’t neither does it nest where it does not belong. Instead‚ all it does is create marvelous music for people to enjoy. Similarly‚ as the mockingbird is of an innocent nature so is Boo Radley because he never wished harm to befall anyone. In fact‚ his only act of violence was accidental. Yet people found it in their hearts to accuse him of
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One characteristic present in romantic stories is symbolism. In The Devil In Daniel Webster‚ Daniel left his old life in the country for his new found prosperity in the city. Influenced by the Devil‚ and his own enjoyment‚ he became a bank broker. However‚ in his later years Daniel became an avid church goer as means to keep the Devil from collecting his soul. He kept “his big bible on the desk‚ buried by the mortgage he was about to foreclose”(Irving 14). This symbolizes that he places his values
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adults as phoney. In the novel‚ Salinger criticizes teenagers’ obsession of protecting their youth through the use of symbolism‚ thereby demonstrating that adulthood is inevitable‚ and fearing it is ultimately self-destructive. Initially‚ Salinger uses symbolism to show the self-destructive behaviour of desperately attempting to protect one’s youth. A passage that demonstrates symbolism is when Holden visits the Museum of Natural History and notes how “the best thing‚ though‚ in that museum was that
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