Symbolism means the use of symbols, especially in literature, film, art, etc in 19th century France. 2 A symbol is anything which signifies anything, in this sense, all words are symbols, but used in criticism, however, 'symbol', is applied only to a word or a phrase signifying an object which itself has significance, that is, the object referred to has a range of meaning beyond itself. In symbolism symbols can be categorized according to use and origin. Some images, developed by some writers become 'private symbols', which set a more difficult problem in interpretation. ...

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After WWI Dix developed left wing views and his paintings and drawings became increasingly political. ... is a piece with three planes that define a more personal document that reveals a more or less sinister engineer with his mechanical heart in the empty corner of a room. ... But this view, too, constitutes a reductive distortion of Beckmann's artistic achievement. ... Which he feels is the work of art that becomes a symbol and source of power for the partly still silent power in the responsible human being. ... Beckmann used various modern devices, seeing his subjects from multip...

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Many families were found living in the same room, all waste was thrown out onto the street. ... The romanticists view of the perfect world in harmony was not relevant to the society of the time. ... If realism was the theory of depicting reality as ordinary men and women might see it, symbolism would explore, by means of symbols and metaphors, the inner realities that cannot be directly displayed. ... He used an almost bare stage with the audience standing around it. ... Absurd theatre wants to bring the audience face to face with the human situation as they view it, in its absurdity. ...

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The men dressed in black, colorless business suites, with fashionable ties, fashionable outfits, and with any accessory that could compliment their fashionable lives. ... Among the many events that gave him inspiration, such as the rising power of upper-class America during the 1920s, his draft into The Great War would eventually push him to publish his first work, The Enormous Room. 1 The rest, as they say, is history. ... While Cummings fought in World War I, he experienced first-hand the chaotic destruction during battle, and later carried his personal beliefs of freedom to protest aga...

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