Category: Symbolism
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Symbolism and Character Motivation in Glaspell’s “Trifles”
Table of Contents Introduction Summary Symbolism Character Motivation Sympathy Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Trifles is a short play composed by Susan Glaspell and revolves around the killing of John Wright and the murder apprehension of his wife, Mrs. Minnie Wright. Despite being written more than a hundred years ago, its primary subject, the difference in…
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Symbolism in Petals on the Wind by V. C. Andrews
In Petals on the Wind, the second novel of V. C. Andrews’s trilogy, the story dwells on the life of Chris, Cathy, and Carrie after they manage to escape the attic and move to Florida. However, while at some point, everyone is convinced that going back to the place of abuse, fear, and pain would…
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Symbolism in “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” Poem by Coleridge
Table of Contents The Plot The Narrator’s Character The Symbolism in this Poem Works Cited The Plot The story begins with a young man getting stopped by an old Mariner on his way to a wedding with two of his friends. The young man, referred to as the Wedding Guest, “cannot choose but hear” Mariner’s…
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Symbolism in “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” by Stevenson
Literary symbols have a significant role in defining the relationships between characters. For example, symbols such as personal items can point to the similarities or differences between the main characters. Thus, symbolism is often used in literary works with stories focused on the juxtaposition of two heroes in order to emphasize the difference in their…
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Robert Browning: Analysis of Author’s Style, Works’ Themes, and the Symbolism
Robert Browning is now viewed by many literary critics as one of the most prominent English poets and playwrights. Among his most famous works, it is possible to mark out the following ones: “My Last Duchess”, “Sordello”, “Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister” and many others. Yet, the dramatic poem “The Ring and the Book” is…
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Symbolism in the “Ghost” Story by Jason Reynolds
The story Ghost by Jason Reynolds tells the story of a boy named Castle who grows up in difficult times for him. His family almost fell apart due to the fact that his father is a prisoner and his mother is practically on the verge of poverty. Thus, the author tells a tragic story about…
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Symbolism in Steinbeck’s The Chrysanthemums
The book Chrysanthemums by John Ernst Steinbeck is full of symbolism. The most obvious and closest to the reader meaning of symbolism is the glorification of nature. In the novel, nature appears both as a living object of observation and as a symbol. For example, natural features such as mountains, valleys, forests are symbolic images…
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“The Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne: Symbolism
Table of Contents Introduction “The Young Goodman Brown” analysis Close connection with autobiographical motives The description of Puritan society in the story Symbolism Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Nathaniel Hawthorne was an outstanding writer of the 17th century and produced several works that took a reasonable place in the world’s classical literature. Judging from the example…
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Symbolism in Herman Melville’s “Bartleby the Scrivener”
Herman Melville’s “Bartleby the Scrivener” is the story about a person, who made himself imprisoned in his office. The main theme of the essay is to show the life of most people in New York from the point of view of capitalism which took its development during the time when the story was written. The…
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Symbolism of Raymond Carver’s “The Bath” Story
The story of The Bath by Raymond Carver is short. It begins with a woman, Ann Weiss, ordering a cake from a baker on a Saturday afternoon for her son’s eighth birthday. On Monday morning, when the boy was walking to school, a car hit him. The husband arrives at the hospital, where the wife…