Symbol

The Scarlet Letter but does not pay attention to certain things that mean more than what it says. Everything you read could mean more than just words in a book, which is why you should pay more attention and read between the lines. There are many symbols in The Scarlet Letter with different meanings that represents more. To the Puritans the letter “A” represents adultery but in the book it had different meanings. For example, in the beginning of the book, the letter “A” represents adultery…

Religious Symbols are visual pieces of art or iconic presentation, used to represent a specific religion. A taboo is an act that is prohibited by the mainstream mostly based upon lack of social acceptance. This may due to its profound nature and how people analyze and interpret it morally. When looking at the Mescalero Apache, the base metaphor Farrer states ,that it represents the daily movement of the sun east to west and its annual movement south to north. “Balance and harmony are expressed…

in terms of words story, it is a story that encompasses a big symbol with many other symbols around it. When you read the text at first, you may not notice all these, but after a deep analysis, the shaving part in the story really comes clearer in our mind and the meaning the author wanted to give to this part of the story comes obvious. The shaving part in the story is clearly the most interesting part of the story in terms of symbols because its hole process encompasses many part that are, in…

years. The symbol of a mother represents warmth, kindness, fertility and shelter. Samya does not get to experience these elements in her younger teenage years. Symbolism of fertility and motherhood reoccurs when Samya has just married Boutros and they go to live in the village. An elder approaches her, “I am Om el Kher..”, and tells her that she will bring Samya some eggs. Eggs are a symbol and birth and are thought to ensure fertility. As the novel progresses, a child’s song is a symbol that…

The protagonist in The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield, suffers with the transition from childhood to adulthood. His teenage years are his most challenging moments in his life so far. In J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger uses symbols and details to convey the importance in protecting…

the sun is extremely important to them. Other people who have read the book may think that this is not what the story's symbols are about. Some readers may think that all of these symbols mean something else. The children can sometimes be blinded by things in the story. Things like the rain and the sun can affect their actions without them even noticing. The story has many symbols throughout the writing. One of the ways the children's feelings are shown is through their dreams. What that means…

Miss. Emily herself is a symbol of a Fallen Monument. In her early years Emily was a beautiful women that every man wish they had. Years pass by and she went through a crises. when her father passed, after that she aged badly and went through some type of depression for being alone…

know that she will also end up like her after her youth. Margaret Widdemer juxtaposes the symbols of spring and december to indicate how the characters of the Young Girl and the Poor Old Soul do not realize how their lives will be or were, respectively. Widdemer writes about how the Poor Old Soul is “Contented, and forgetting/How Youth was wild, and Spring was wild/And how her life is setting” (2-4).The symbol used here, Spring, connotates new life and a new beginning. It is also personified to…

Symbolic Importance Fire is the first and most obvious symbol of Prometheus. This is because he stole fire and gave it to humankind against the will of Zeus. Fire, in this case, symbolizes intelligence and progress. Without fire, humans would not be able to technologically advance and the hope that Prometheus gave them would serve no purpose (Chevalier, 772). Fire is also widely known as a symbol of pain. In Prometheus’s legend, for bringing fire to humans he was chained to the Caucasus…

portray an idea of sorts. These are representations of other items or thoughts based on the time period, and can differ from physical to imaginary motif. Items like this are known as symbols, and hold deep meaning in every text or thought. For example, the crucifix is a large detail for Christians and their religion. Some symbols represent an idea (such as the aforementioned crucifix) or a physical state of being, such as a snake representing the House of Slytherin from the novels Harry Potter,…