Chinese Symbolism

Desire, he uses a Chinese paper lantern to symbolize Blanche’s own insecurities. Some would say that the lantern is just used as a prop but in actuality it is a reflection of how Blanche feels about herself. The lantern is used to cover up something that is not so appealing just as Blanche uses clothes and other frivolous things to mask herself. Blanche takes all of her insecurities and buries them underneath her cheap fashion and lies so she may seem more desirable to others. The Chinese paper lantern

Color Symbolism in Blue Hotel, Black Cat, Night, Alfred Prufrock, Red Wheelbarrow       Symbolism of colors is evident in much of literature. "The Blue Hotel" by Stephen Crane, "The Black Cat" of Edgar Allan Poe, "Night" by William Blake, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Eliot, and "The Red Wheelbarrow" by William Carlos Williams encompass examples of color symbolism from both the prose and the poetry of literature. When drawing from various modes of psychology, interpretations

Hell (2004) the main characters Clive and Hanwell deal with loneliness simply through hope. While over twenty years apart, these two narratives explore how an individual deals with the notion of loneliness through the use of the colour red, the symbolism in animals, and the condition of blindness. However, Carter illustrates the refusal of the protagonist to simply accept any circumstances; but the interference in any situation. On the other hand, Smith demonstrates the acceptance and balance of

the story, we learn about Henry on two fronts of his life, the younger, twelve year old Henry during 1942, as well as forty year old Henry in 1986. The story is about a love that surpasses time and distance. We follow Henry and his life as young Chinese-American boy attending a mainly white school on a scholarship. As a young boy, Henry feels out of place since he barely speaks with his own parents, due to the fact that his father wants him to “speak his American,” and also because he does not have

from Nowhere”, Matt is the paragon of a nonconformist, and his sister is one that pressures him. Humanity creates expectations due to popular belief which prevent those who deviate from “the norm” to carry around a sense of shame. Shown through symbolism of the child Matt is expected to have, Matt’s sister, and freezing cold distilled water insight is given to negative aspects of how society conforms to social pressures. Society’s voice plays a role in the child that Matt is supposed to have in

soul rises to the ledge, it hopes the queen’s spirit will allow him to enter. As Yeats explains the owls who “began to call”, dualistic meanings develop; the obvious one being that night has fallen. On the contrary, this idea also implies the symbolism behind the wisdom of the owl. In Webster‘s dictionary, “call” has an alternative meaning of ‘finding fault’. Therefore, an attentive reader can distinguish that the owls are giving a wise warning to the jester about giving his soul to the woman

Vsevolod Meyerhold is a broadly known Russian theatre practitioner, who created and taught Theatrical Biomechanics, which is both “an acting technique and a production style” (Baldwin, 1995: p. 181). Mostly because of Meyerhold’s unique position as the leading Soviet avant-garde director, his Biomechanics received wide attention in the beginning of the XXI century (Law, 1995: p. 1). However, if Meyerhold was influenced by Commedia dell’arte at first and after the Revolution by Taylor’s scientific

The symbolism of the plant in A Raisin in the Sun One might ask how the scientific facts of the functional purpose of a plant would connect to a literary piece, especially the well-known play, A Raisin in the Sun, written by Lorraine Hansberry. The plant in the text symbolizes the foundation for the family, honest hope, and Mama's dreams. Symbolism is not a definition of an item, but represents something specific other than itself. Much like Mama's plant, it represents many meaningful ideas with

Symbolism in Lord of The Flies William Golding's Lord of the Flies is a novel about a group of English school boys who are stranded on a tropical island after their plane has been attacked and crashes during World War II. In the beginning, the boys like being on their own without adults. The boys separate into two groups, led by Jack and Ralph. Jack is obsessed with hunting, and he and his group pay do not pay attention. Ralph is concerned about keeping a rescue fire lit so they will have a chance

suffers imprisonment for a crime he did not commit, and of how through the death of the wave the protagonist is able to free himself from the pain and torment he faced when he was engaged in a relationship with the wave. Paz's intention is to use the symbolism in order show the negative side of falling in love. Octavio Paz adopts an intense tone for the somber reader. The short story Life with the Wave, written by Octavio Paz leads us through an intense relationship between a simple man and a wave. Octavio