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the rose-bush represent In The Scarlet Letter Any one symbol in “The Scarlet Letter” can have a universality of meanings. The author Nathaniel Hawthorne choose to do this to create a masterpiece novel and to get the reader to examine and to detach the importance of the many symbols embodied in “The Scarlet Letter.” By creating this in his book he makes the book more enjoyable to the reader when he uncovers a meaning to a symbol in the book. In “The Scarlet Letter” the rose-bush represents…

personal relation with the characters, whether it be the protagonist, antagonist or another. Correspondingly, it may be used to develop a deeper connection with certain elements of the plot as to create a relatable scenario. Not only, however, are the symbols used for the formation of connections and a relatable environment…

In The Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses conch shell to symbolize authority and the rules that keep civilization together. When the conch shell finally shatters it signifies the loss of order and civility in humanity. The conch shell represents civilizing forces coming together like when Ralph blows the conch after finding it and other boys coming to where Ralph was and feeling some type of security with him. There are a lot of different active themes in this story and some of that go…

elements results in the absence of the Unity of Effect, which would therefore make the work pointless and the intent not original to Poe. However, Poe masterfully pieces together elements, specifically symbols, in his works in order to gain the strongest possible reaction from his readers. Symbols create mystery, meaning, and intrigue, which add to the emotions the reader experiences. In The Oval Portrait, Poe symbolizes illusion and reality in the form of light and dark. The speaker goes back…

an example of how symbolism can work, because the way you use to see something can completely change and you will use symbolism to help you explain those feelings in a different way. There are many examples of symbolism in the novel, “Night.” The symbols I will be talking about is; spoon and knife, fire, and lastly “corpses.” The spoon and knife Eliezer received from his father was a use of symbolism, and here is why. The spoon and knife represented how much Eliezer and his father had, and they…

a storyline. It sort of acts like a webbing between the theme and story. Themes alone can be a bit moralistic and a story can just be simplistic. Symbolism brings these two together. For example we see that the grandmother's hat plays a role as a symbol. This hat is used to represent her as a lady. Now its important to understand the point of view in short stories. Point of view in a story allows us to see and hear about what is going on. In this case, this story is told in third person…

extended metaphor is shown by understanding that the manifest content of Ned “swimming through the pools” is actually latent with another meaning, that it is actually Ned’s oblivious downward spiral into alcoholism. Also, Cheever uses three contextual symbols that are meant to represent Neddy’s troublesome, episodic life. First, the Lucinda River represents his life as he dives deeper and deeper into alcoholism. For example, as he advanced toward the end of the string of pools, he did not dive…

symbolism comes to mind, most people would think of the general symbols that humanity studies almost everyday: darkness represents evil, a heart represents love, the Statue of Liberty represents freedom, the yin and yang sign represents balance and so on. Some may even think of utterly significant symbols from very famous works, such as the green light in Baz Luhrmann’s popular text The Great Gatsby. Regardless of any of the symbols that society thinks of, they are majorly important to find…

In the story “Reeling for the Empire”. The story has a strong theme of freedom, physical and mental freedom. Not only does Russel use colors for symbolism but she uses other methods as well. Russell uses red as a symbol of leadership, black as a symbol of regret, and green as a symbol of freedom. Throughout the story the use of colors is prevalent. The girls each have their own color that they produce with their thread. Dai, one of the main characters, has a thread…

In the Lord of the Flies, symbols are used frequently throughout the story to convey the theme of individuals vs society. The symbol of the fire throughout the story changes and evolves according to what the boys decide to do. What the boys decide is based off on what they learned in society. The fire symbolizes many things, that are, the hope of being rescued, danger, the doubt of being rescued, adults, and death and destruction. At the beginning of the story, Golding has the boys first use…