The extended symbolism of that would be his destructive power being used to recreate and reform, at both corresponding ends of each side. ... Symbolism plays a pivotal role in Indian art, more so than art from any other culture. This is largely based on the role of symbolism in Indian religion itself. ... The cultural impact and influence of the belief in multi-level reality and the ability to transcend oneself is the foundation of symbolism in Indian art. ... The Conch shell, held by various Hindu gods in their manifestations, it is an important ritualistic symbol. ...

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Yeats uses symbolism and motif as a means to represent the tension between the two worlds he is astride during 1916. ... However, through the symbolism of the swans, Yeats imposes his own desires to resist this change. ... This is illustrated in the symbolism and motif of circularity throughout the poem. Yeat's makes continuous reference to 'the widening gyres', a symbol of the cyclic nature of the world, as he depicts a world making the transition into the antithetical and chaotic gyre. ...

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He interchanges the biblical symbols with predatory images: Christian dove for falcon; lamb for cannibal sphinx; and the Holy Spirit for the spiritus mundi, the spirit of this world. ... Symbolism proposes to disintegrate the traditional duality between the ...

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His subjects for his paintings were 'found images' - flags, targets, letters and numbers - and it was this iconography of familiar signs and symbolism that appealed to Pop. ... In many ways, Monroe was an icon for her times much the same as the Virgin Mary, yet Marilyn could arguably be called a new mother to a new, more sophisticated symbolism called Celebrity Worship. ...

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The "Revolution" in Literature During the 19th/20th Centuries An influential English Modernist Virginia Woolf once said, "On or about December 1910, the world changed". This statement is regarding the drastic change in the culture of society with the beginning of exploration of the meaning of life and the patterns that society are prone to following. This brought about curiosity and the religious affiliated explanations were no longer sufficient. The dissatisfaction for many, and believing mindlessly in something with no real evidence was intolerable. Society's ...

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