The narrator employs a very rich combination of concrete imagery and symbolism in the form of scenic description, seasonal metaphors and symbolisation of animals to enrich the plot and our understanding of the central character. ... The narrator uses descriptive concrete imagery and symbolism to help the reader in understanding the central character, which is very essential to understand the story's ending. These themes have been expanded in the succeeding paragraphs and an attempt has been made to analyse the author's use of imagery and symbolism to enrich the story's plot...

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The literary purpose of the beginning part of Stone Angel is to provide expository information on the main characters, the setting, and the situation through the use of symbolism. ... The final things we learn about utilize the symbol of flowers to foreshadow into the book and Hagar's life. ... This is the first of many times that death is mentioned in passing through symbolism in this book, and particularly in the first chapter... The last part presents us with another symbol of flowers. ... Its purpose is to set up the entire book, through symbolism, narrative and description, and...

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The novel The Gift of Asher Lev, by Chaim Potok and the film The War, Written by Cathy McWorter, both embrace the theme of cultural rebellion and illustrate its significance through the use of style, symbols and setting as they affect the beliefs and family customs of the protagonists. ... (Finish paragraph later) Symbolism is the use of a person, an object, a place, or an idea to represent itself and something beyond itself at the same time. It is the symbolism that weighs meaning upon the theme, and can provide one with a deeper understanding of a normally insignificant situation. In t...

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I will pay close attention to this episode and will refer to setting; themes; characterisation and symbols. ... Mattie's surname is Silver, which is also a symbol used by the author to suggest how precious she is to Ethan but also used to suggest betrayal. ... In an effort to make herself more attractive to Ethan she wears a red ribbon in her hair, apart from the effort she makes, the red ribbon is a symbol of passion and transgression. ... Symbolism is a very dominant feature of this novel, in the two key scenes when Mattie and Ethan are alone together - outside the church after the ...

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A number of literacy techniques are used, such as Symbolism (the conch, piggy's specs, the fire, etc.), Setting (based on a deserted island during the time of the war) and Characters (the teenage boys themselves). ... Throughout the book, the author makes substantial use of symbols to present the themes and dramatic conflicts of the novel. For instance, Golding introduces the nerdy kid, Piggy, who wears specs as an illustrative of logical and intellectual aspects of civilization, as his glasses are a symbol of wisdom and intelligence. ... The conch shell itself is one of the most importa...

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Symbolism Symbolism is widely used throughout the novel to emphasize the mood and the atmosphere of the scenes. One of the most important symbolisms is the presence of black crows at the scene of the crashed plane. ... Another example of the symbolism in the novel is the farm where Hank and Jacob grew up. ...

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Leitmotifs are perhaps the most reiterative use of eye symbolism, as the author portrays both negative and positive themes through Firdaus interpretation of gaze. ... The reader can also discern such perpetual suffocation regarding women in society through quotidian activities such as eating, were the eyes are once more utilized as a symbol of female compliance towards male domination... Firdaus also uses the eyes as a symbol of human transformation and personal reflection of the individual soul. Her mother is perhaps the readers first ecounter with gaze symbolism in the novel. ... It is fina...

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Dumarier uses not only writing techniques such as foreshadowing and symbolism to make the novel more suspenseful, but she also uses the elements of greed, deception, and insecurity to change Rebecca from a Gothic Romance novel into a successful mystery. ... Symbolism is also used to foreshadow some of the important events in the story. ... Another symbol that reoccured throughout the story was the big slanting R. ... She uses the writing techniques of symbolism and foreshadowing to build up suspense throughout the story, and elements of insecurity, deception and greed to transform the st...

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Although more subtle than the voices of the characters, it can be detected in the descriptive language and symbolism, as well as in the overall message of the novel. ... This shows her anger, but also her sense of helplessness and foreshadows her becoming the symbol of the rebellion against the Capitol. ...

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By throwing away the key was a symbol that she had fully accepted this life she was forced to live. ... The symbolism between the two student sample essays allow for us to see variations between people and how they interpret differently the same story. ...

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Theme Descriptions of As I Lay Dying William Faulkner portrays all of his themes in the actual human drama of the South, where William Faulkner grew up. Since the death of Addie Bundren, her family is affected in a way that allows them to question and analyze who they really are. In As I Lay Dying...

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The story "The Yellow Wallpaper," written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, was interesting with deep symbolic undertones. The story starts out with John and his wife moving to a colonial estate for the summer. Meanwhile, the woman finds the mansion to be "a haunted house" and still she thought it had s...

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