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Symbolism
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Lesson Objectives
Thestudents will:
understand symbolism
recognize how symbolism is used
explain how symbolism is used in theirdaily lives
understand how diferent writers use
symbolism in various aspects o prose
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! symbol is"
is something that representssomething else# either by
association or byresemblance$ %t can be amaterial &concrete' object ora written sign used torepresent something invisible&abstract'$
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ow o wr ers usesymbolism)
Symbolism is used when a writer uses an event# item ora character to stand or something else$
Symbols can be characters# such as a charactersymbolizing good or evil$ *eople can be symbols# suchas +benezer Scrooge in ! ,hristmas ,arol$
Objects can also be symbols# such as in the scarlet letter$
!uthors use symbolism# as a orm o imagery ormetaphor# when they want to portray something to the
reader without using the narrator$
-hen an item is mentioned rather regularly throughout anovel# especially a personal item belonging to one o theprincipal characters# the reader must as. what it mightsymbolize$
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Symbolism
Symbols are used in daily lie / road signs# maps#household items etc$
Symbolism is oten used to intensiy a eeling or idea
Symbolism can ta.e place by having the theme o astory represented on a physical level$
0or example# the occurrence o a storm at a critical point#
when there is con1ict or high emotions$ The storm mightcome to symbolize these emotions$
!nother example might be the way sound is used toreplace a character or an event
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Let2s loo. at some actual examples osymbolism used in literature and othermedia# with which you might be amiliar$
The (arry *otter boo.s by 3$ 4$ 5owlingcould be seen as containing a lot osymbolism$ One clear example is the useo a sna.e to represent evil$ %t is no
coincidence that the symbol o Slytherin(ouse is a serpent$
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Symbols are created by
conscious and deliberateuse o language by writers#advertisers and spea.ers$
-hat do these symbols
represent)
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The Sic. 5ose-illiam 6la.e
O 5ose# thou art sic.$The invisible worm
That 1ies in the night%n the howling storm
(as ound out thy bedO crimson joy#!nd his dar. secret love7oes thy lie destroy$
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Symbolism
!t 8rst this poem appears to be about a rose and aworm# but even a non9gardener .nows that worms arenot invisible and they dont 1y$ Once the worm is seenas an abstraction# the rose is too# and it can beinterpreted according to conventional associations such
as love# aith# hope# tender emotions# youthuloptimism; the list can extend as ar as the reader2simagination and ingenuity can ta.e it$
!n owl symbolizes wisdomThe phoenix symbolizes rebirth
The dove symbolizes peace
0ire represents anger or saety
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Symbols wor. li.e images that
have meaning added to them$! rose is just a 1ower# until itis one o a bunch given as a
present$ Then it signi8es love#passionate i the rose is red#purity i it is white$
-hen it appears in a poem by-illiam 6la.e# however# itbecomes more complex
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-ell# son# %2ll tell you:
Lie or me ain2t been nocrystal stair$%t2s had tac.s in it#!nd splinters#!nd boards torn up#!nd places with nocarpet on the 1oor
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