According to Thomas C. Foster whenever characters in literature share a meal it is considered a communion. Just because meals in literature are considered a communion that does not necessarily mean that they are holy. Sharing a meal is an “act of sharing and peace” (Foster 8). Eating food is considered such a personal thing that people only want to share meals with people they are comfortable being around. If an author includes a scene about a meal in their story it is always meant to serve a purpose, such as showing how characters are getting along with each other. When a meal in a story ends badly it is usually not a very good sign. For example, in The Lord of the Flies the boys on the island share many meals together that are representative
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Writers use common biblical archetypes in their stories such as the four horsemen, serpents, floods, plagues, and flames in their stories to add a deeper meaning to their stories and help readers to understand the ways characters act. Biblical allusions are not always obvious and easy to see; sometimes you have to be able to recognize the main idea because the details are not all the same. The novel In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez is filled with biblical allusions, such as Patria building her home on rock alludes to Matthew 7:24, in which the Bible says that those who build their house on rock will not be brought down by …show more content…
A physical deformity is symbolic for moral, emotional, or psychological wounds or deformities. Shakespeare used physical deformities to show that a character was morally corrupt, because the Elizabethans believed that one’s closeness to God was shown by the outward appearance of a person. The hero of a story always has some form of marking to set him apart and make him different. The deformity is usually metaphorical for something about the characters personality. Authors use injuries to symbolize spiritual and physical wounds. A character that has scars represents that nobody gets through life without being affected. For example, Scar from The Lion King has a red scar on his face, which differentiates him from his brother Mufasa and also shows that Scar has had struggles in life. The way Scar acts shows that the scar on his face isn’t just physical but a deep emotional
Writers use common biblical archetypes in their stories such as the four horsemen, serpents, floods, plagues, and flames in their stories to add a deeper meaning to their stories and help readers to understand the ways characters act. Biblical allusions are not always obvious and easy to see; sometimes you have to be able to recognize the main idea because the details are not all the same. The novel In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez is filled with biblical allusions, such as Patria building her home on rock alludes to Matthew 7:24, in which the Bible says that those who build their house on rock will not be brought down by …show more content…
A physical deformity is symbolic for moral, emotional, or psychological wounds or deformities. Shakespeare used physical deformities to show that a character was morally corrupt, because the Elizabethans believed that one’s closeness to God was shown by the outward appearance of a person. The hero of a story always has some form of marking to set him apart and make him different. The deformity is usually metaphorical for something about the characters personality. Authors use injuries to symbolize spiritual and physical wounds. A character that has scars represents that nobody gets through life without being affected. For example, Scar from The Lion King has a red scar on his face, which differentiates him from his brother Mufasa and also shows that Scar has had struggles in life. The way Scar acts shows that the scar on his face isn’t just physical but a deep emotional