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    Symbolism in The Glass Menagerie The Glass Menagerie uses an extensive pattern of symbolism that describes the characters of Tom‚Amanda‚Laura and Jim.Glass‚light‚color and music constitute the substance of the dominant symbols and motifs‚serving to reveal deeper aspects of characters and underlying themes of the play.Tennessee Williams wrote the play so that each character had a special symbol which resembled their personality.But he didn’t only give the characters of the play a a resembling

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    Symbolism In Moby Dick

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    English 11 CP 28 March 2015 Symbolism in Moby Dick Symbolism is used by authors to hint at something without directly telling the reader what the author is telling the reader. It is then up to the reader to realize what the author is saying by using the symbol‚ and then pay attention to what happens to the symbol throughout the book. The author of Moby Dick‚ Herman Melville‚ uses multiple symbols to help the reader foreshadow what will happen later in the story. Melville also uses symbols to help the reader

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    "The Hobbit" By Arthur Chen In The Hobbit‚ names are more than just coincidences or appellations - they are symbolic of characteristics embodied by the characters to whom they belong. Not only do their names portray their characteristic‚ but their actions do as well. Some characters supporting this idea are Gandalf and Gollum. Gandalf literally means " wand-elf." A "wand-elf" is an elf who is using a magical device to enhance his magical powers‚ bringing him to a higher echelon. Therefore

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    Gandalf the wizard served as a mentor to Bilbo. Gandalf is an experienced and trusted adviser who is wise and helps Bilbo become accepted by Thorin and guides him through when Bilbo needed him. Although‚ Bilbo didn’t want to go on the quest Gandalf didn’t take no for answer. Gandalf believed and saw something in Bilbo‚ but he wanted Bilbo to realize it for himself. Bilbo Baggins symbolizes an act of bravery by going on the quest and in the process it may ruin his family’s good name. Bilbo’s life

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    In the short story by Ray Bradbury‚ there were many symbols and actions that could represent something else. Symbols in the “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh” can be taken in many different ways and can represent anything. The symbols in “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh” that stand out the most are the peach blossom‚ the general‚ and the drum. To begin with‚ the drum plays a very important role in “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh” by symbolizing many different things. The drum is like the heart‚ it sets the pace of

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    Mernissi Symbolism

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    Mernissi begins by explaining the dining habits on Yasmina’s farm‚ “We never knew when we would eat. Sometimes‚ Yasmina only remembered at the last minute that she had to feed me” and then goes on to compare the difference between farm life and life in Fez “But dining in our harem in Fez was an entirely different story...we had to sit at our prescribed places” (116). Fez seems to be a place of the past for Mernissi while life on Yasmina’s farm seems to be her current situation. However as Mernissi

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    The Fountain Symbolism

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    The Fountain by Darren Aronosky is a beautiful movie that conveys the character Thomas‚ also known as Tommy‚ going through a series of life events to complete what his wife Izzi wanted his to complete. This movie talks about 4 main ideas that‚ all relate to Tommy. These include Shibalba‚ Death as the Road to Awe‚ Death as an act of Creation‚ and Death as a Disease. Shibabla is a dying star that represents a Mayan belief. In this Mayan belief when the star explodes it represents death. We only hear

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    The Sea as A Lover: A Woman’s Quest for Autonomy in The Awakening When authors use symbolism effectively‚ readers can begin to understand a work of literature on both the surface level and in an illustrative context‚ attributing significance to ideas‚ actions‚ or even characters themselves beyond what is initially described. In her novella The Awakening‚ Kate Chopin employs symbolism through a variety of images to reveal particular details about the protagonist‚ Edna Pontellier. One such symbol

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    Williams uses three symbols that reveal and develop Amanda’s character. One is the  character Jim O ’Connor: for Amanda‚ Jim represents the days of her youth‚ when she went  frolicking about picking flowers and supposedly having seventeen gentlemen callers on one 

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    the evil that is: murderers‚ rapists‚ and organized crime. Believed to have the divine right from god to kill the McManus brothers begin to "take out" all that is bad and corrupt. Throughout the movie‚ director Troy Duffy displays many forms of symbolism through visualizations. A majority of these visualizations are ones of religion and moral beliefs. The director opens the movie with both brothers in church listening to their priest talk about a vicious murder in broad daylight that no one came

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