74 Answered Questions for the topic Symbolism

04/30/19

What does the "good night" symbolize in Dylan Thomas's "Do not go gentle into that good night"?
*Do not go gentle into that good night* by Dylan Thomas, he begins with "Do not go gentle into that good night". He also uses this as one of two alternating refrains. In this poem, what does the... more
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04/27/19

What's the symbolism of the flowers in The Winter's Tale?
In Act IV, Scene IV of *The Winter's Tale*, Perdita is "mistress o' the feast", playing hostess at the sheep-shearing feast, when King Polixenes and Camillo arrive in disguise. Perdita gives them... more
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04/24/19

What is the symbolism of Ransom's heel wound?
In *Perelandra*, the second book of CS Lewis's planets trilogy, the protagonist Ransom is wounded in the heel by the Un-Man/Weston. We learn in the third book, *That Hideous Strength*, that the... more
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04/23/19

In "Pierre Menard, Author of The Quixote" is Menard an analogy for a critical lens?
In *Pierre Menard, Author of The Quixote* by Jorge Luis Borges, the narrator of the work talks about how when he read *Don Quixote* after having been told that Pierre Menard had rewritten it with... more
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04/22/19

What does Old Major in Animal Farm represent?
Old Major, the elder pig in *Animal Farm*, seems to have a different role than the younger ones. I believe he has a different view, but after he dies, the young pigs don't follow his legacy. What... more
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04/19/19

Why does Susan say her "eyes are hard" when suffering an emotional breakdown in the Waves (Virginia Woolf)?
>"I love," said Susan, "and I hate. I desire one thing only. My eyes are hard. Jinny's eyes break into a thousand lights. Rhoda's are like those pale flowers to which moths come in the evening.... more
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04/18/19

What's the significance of "Oranges and Lemons" in 1984?
The popular London nursery rhyme [Oranges and Lemons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oranges_and_Lemons) is quoted and partially recited several times throughout *1984*. Winston learns about it from... more
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04/16/19

What is the significance/symbolism of the Cyclical book being cyclical in "The Library of Babel"?
In *The Library of Babel* by Jorge Luis Borges, the speaker describes the cyclical book as > (The mystics claim that their ecstasy reveals to them a circular chamber containing a great circular... more
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04/16/19

What is the greater meaning of the thrush?
In *1984*, Orwell devotes a few lines to a singing thrush that lands several feet away from Julia and Winston during their first secret meeting. > A thrush had alighted on a bough not five... more
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04/16/19

Pissing in a sink in The Unbearable Lightness of Being?
In Milan Kundera's *The Unbearable Lightness of Being*, at some point one of the main characters - Thomas, that is a Czech doctor - in the house of one of his lovers decides to piss in the sink.... more
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04/15/19

What do the "mirror" and the "lake" represent in "Mirror" by Sylvia Plath?
In ["Mirror" by Sylvia Plath](https://allpoetry.com/poem/8498499-Mirror-by-Sylvia-Plath), the speaker in the poem says, > Now I am a lake. But, also at times implies that the speaker is a... more
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04/12/19

Was Rand al'Thor supposed to be a symbol for Jesus?
Rand al'Thor has several moments that could be considered "biblical", including (spoilers): >!"redeeming" mankind by cleansing Saidin", Dying to save the world, and being reborn after death,... more
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04/12/19

What is the significance/symbolism of the hexagon in "The Library of Babel"?
In *The Library of Babel* by Jorge Luis Borges, the speaker describes the Library, as the universe, as > The universe (which others call the Library) is composed of an indefinite and perhaps... more
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04/11/19

What is the deeper meaning of "The Tyger"?
William Blake's poem ["The Tyger"](https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43687/the-tyger) is part of his collection [*Songs of Innocence and of... more
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04/11/19

I need suggestions for an 'undelete' icon?
Trying to come up with a undelete icon, the best ideas I've come up with so far are an upside down wastebin with rubbish underneath it. It is going to be placed on a user profile page that lists... more
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04/05/19

Is Deeper Magic something more than God (the Emperor beyond the Sea) in Narnia?
When Aslan is asked why he has to die in the *The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe*, he answers something in the sense that there is a "deeper magic" that he has to obey. What exactly is this... more
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03/29/19

What's the significance of Faust's meeting being on Easter Day?
In Goethe's *Faust*, the eponymous (anti?)hero meets the demon Mephistopheles on what seems to be Easter Sunday, during local celebrations of Easter. Given the religious themes in the story, this... more
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03/29/19

What is the significance of the Grand Inquisitor in The Brothers Karamazov?
In the *The Brothers Karamazov*, Ivan tells a long story to Alyosha about the *Grand Inquisitor*. I have been trying to grasp its meaning for sometime, but what is the significance of that story?
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03/27/19

Is there any textual evidence that this death in Deathly Hallows symbolized the end of childhood?
In the beginning of *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows*, we see that Hedwig is killed by the Avada Kedavra curse. >"No - HEDWIG!" The broomstick spun to earth, but he just managed to seize... more
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03/27/19

Did the mechanical hound signify anything in Fahrenheit 451?
Ray Bradbury's *Fahrenheit 451* is written with many recurring symbols. After reading the book, I never thought that the mechanical hound was one of them, though my friend told me otherwise. **Did... more
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03/27/19

What is the meaning of Blake's poem "The Sick Rose"?
William Blake's very short poem "The Sick Rose", from his [*Songs of Innocence and of Experience*](http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1934/1934-h/1934-h.htm), runs as follows: > O rose, thou art... more
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03/19/19

What does "in the Ring" mean in Because I could not stop for Death?
3rd stanza: > We passed the School, where Children strove > At Recess – **in the Ring** – > We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain – > We passed the Setting Sun – I've heard of... more
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Symbolism Literature

01/30/19

Symbolism The story of an hour
Research "symbolism" from your resources on literary elements. After reading "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin, identify instances when she incorporated symbolism in her work and discuss what... more
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02/22/15

LOGIC SYMBOLISM HELP!
Consider the following translation scheme:Use symbols to translateA: The American team will win a gold medal.B: The British team will win a gold medal.C: The Canadian team will win a gold medal. ... more
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