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M Night Shyamalan Symbolism

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Are we alone in the universe? Ever since human existence man has struggled with that question. M. Night Shyamalan gives a new look at that question in a sci-fi blockbuster film, Signs, as he follows the path of a family, already struck by crises due to their mother dying, as they are trying to survive an alien invasion of Earth. Shyamalan effectively conveys his theme of man’s struggle with God and belief of something else out there through the use of symbolism, flashback and conflict. The main way Shyamalan reveals his theme is through symbolism. He used what the aliens do to refer to religion and the belief of God. For example, in the film the Shyamalan used the crop circles as alien navigation, but the audience can infer that the circles

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