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Questions concerning symbolic features in a work of literature. Both symbols and the things they represent can be either tangible or intangible. Not to be confused with the [motif] tag or [meaning] tag. This tag is not to be used for questions about Symbolism as a movement in (mainly French) literature, unless such questions are about the use of symbols. See the tag wiki for more information.
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What is the meaning of the rescue of Tashtego?
The metaphor is wider than Ishmael allows in the book. Birth, at the time the novel was written, was a dangerous business. The passage in question makes clear that this birth is equally dangerous to t …
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In what way is the poem 'Tissue' by Imtiaz Dharker related to power / conflict?
There is an old adage: "history is written by the victors".
Paper that lets the light
shine through, this
is what could alter things.
"Paper" - even paper so aged and feeble that it can' …
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What role or symbolic purpose do polar bears serve in The North Water?
The North Water by Ian McGuire is a modern novel in the tradition of historical realism, set in the high arctic. It is a violent, masculine novel with a clear debt to the work of Cormac McCarthy which …
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Could the War of the Worlds be considered a proto Cosmic Horror story?
It's impossible to answer a question like this with a definitive no, and it's an interesting notion, but it seems unlikely.
For starters, Lovecraft was never shy of naming his inspirations.
"It i …
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Who is the falcon, and who the falconer?
The symbolism of the Falcon seems relatively easy to unpick. … Also, the symbolism of the Gyre itself may, in fact, have come from Dante's Divine Comedy where the devil Geryon moves in "gyres".
This, however, is problematic. …
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What's the significance of "Oranges and Lemons" in 1984?
The song represents the successful eradication of shared English culture by The Party. It's a nursery rhyme the majority of British people would be familiar with, but in 1984 characters can only remem …
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What does Hunca Munca from "The Tale of Two Bad Mice" represent?
First up, it is likely that Hunca Munca's name is not relevant to her role in the story. According to her biographer, Judy Taylor, Potter rescued two mice from a trap and decided to name them and keep …
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The significance of Lucky's speech in 'Waiting for Godot'
Beckett himself, while directing the play, offered an explanation. He said of Lucky's speech that:
"The threads and themes of the play are being gathered together"
And that it's theme was:
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Symbolism in the final lines of Yeats' Song of Wandering Aengus
Those traditions merge in his early work with European symbolism, and also with Irish cultural nationalism. … It made me curious to know what the specific symbolism of these fruits is?
Furthermore, the repetition of "time" and "times" strikes me as very specific and very odd. …
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Far from the Madding Crowd: "sexual symbolism intended to cock a snook at Victorian prudery"?
How much sexual symbolism is there really in the novel, and how clear/unambiguous is it? … There's certainly quite a lot of sexual and sexual-adjacent symbolism in the book, although I'm not sure that, as modern readers, we can shed much light as to how unambiguous it might be. …
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What's the significance of The Idiot in Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian?
Toward the end of Blood Meridian, the gang encounters a man whose brother is so severely disabled that he is kept naked in a cage. Obviously, this character cannot speak and does not contribute to the …
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What is the symbolism of the name 'Llewelyn Moss' in "No Country for Old Men"?
Minor spoilers for the book follow.
McCarthy is notoriously reticent about giving interviews or offering interpretations on his work. So it's very hard to be certain about his intentions here. But it …
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What is the meaning of Blake's poem "The Sick Rose"?
There is no one answer: a key part of this poem's appeal is its ambiguity.
On the surface, it seems a poetic description of a rose flower sickening and dying due to a parasitic infection. However, th …
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Connotative meaning of poetic lines:- "And We went without meat and cursed the bread"
It seems unlikely that the quoted couplet is a Biblical reference, for the simple reason that there are no other Biblical allusions in the poem. Rather, its focus is on class differentials and the imp …
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