Symbolism For Meaning By Robert Louis Stevenson

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Symbolism hiding behind words The deeper people searches in the ocean the more things are found. Each word has a mystery story behind but in order to find it first take a look a little bit closer. In this case every word symbolizes something in order to represent specific ideas or give qualities to those words. In ¨The Fairy¨, by Robert Louis Stevenson uses the words poor, diamonds and gift to symbolize nobility. Symbols are also used for a purpose. Generally, it is an object representing another, to give an entirely different meaning that is much deeper and more significant. (Literary Devices) Symbols are always detected in any stories if they are read closely with attention, because it is what gives close qualities to the writing or even …show more content…
For example, as stated in ¨The Fairy¨, ¨The poor creature told her plainly all had happen´d, not without dropping out of her mouth an infinite number of diamonds¨ the author is using the word poor to give nobility qualities to the character. Because as the story goes the young daughter is described as beautiful and kindness, whom in this case is represented as poor for being sweetness and mistreated from her family. Words has different meanings depending in which sentence they are placed. And also what the author is trying to reflect from that word. For example, the word poor means someone with low economy recourses but in this case the author is referring the word poor to someone that is noble and innocent. Is important to notice those attributes that some words have different meanings and also is important to search in the reading for what it really …show more content…
L. Clark it states ¨Maybe we should not ignore the role of intentional actions in the state of thing….Fairies represent forgotten human possibilities¨ is referring to what fairies symbolizes from the authors point of view. According to ¨Busnessesdictionary¨ Symbols allow people to go beyond what is known or seen by creating linkages between otherwise very different concepts and experiences. In this case the story is reflecting how people view the concept of ¨Faries¨, from other era and how through the years those believes have changed. In less

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