Scorpius Malfoy's 'Dark Mark'

Symbols are very important and influential to everyone. Symbols holds a hidden meaning that, in most cases, are more influential than telling it blunt. Yes, sometimes telling it bluntly works but putting it as a symbol shows a deeper meaning and relevance to what you, your community, or your nation stands for.

This sign is the African symbol for perseverance. This was meant to represent Hale’s dedication to saving Salem. Both in the beginning and end of the story, whether it was to rid the province of witchcraft, or to uproot the filthy liars responsible for so many innocents’ deaths. Some good examples of this symbol’s significance can be found on pages 844 to 847, and 886 to 887.

Symbolism is used in many ways and writers use symbolism to “enhance their writing.” It can give their work “more richness and color and can make the meaning of the work deeper.” In literary work the actions of the characters, words, action, place, or event has a deeper meaning in the context of the whole story. The reader needs to look see the little things like a dove symbolizes peace, or like the red rose stands for romance. Mostly everything can have a symbolism meaning to it. For instance the flag symbolizes freedom and the stars represent the states. Even some signs are symbols like when a beaker has a skull with a bones placed like an ‘x’ behind it symbolizes that it’s toxic or bad. When people see the red light when driving that’s

* In literature, when a character has a physical mark or imperfection it almost always symbolizes psychological, emotional, or moral values.

Symbolism can be presented as both people or things and can be used to lead up into something greater, such as the theme it’s holding up. Two friends, Jim and Will, go to a carnival full of evil trickery. The carnival is lead by Mr. Dark. Mr. Dark, intimidates people and inspires fear when he wishes. Jim and Will go on to take down Mr. Dark only to find out that it’s not up to them to take down Mr. Dark but Charles’s. Themes and symbols are both important in stories. Something Wicked This Way comes is no exception. Two of the many themes in the story are the power of love and identity.  Three symbols that go with the power of love are the bullet shot by Charles, the hug given to Mr. Dark by Charles and Will. Three symbols for identity are the mirror maze, Charles Halloway, and the carousel. Identity, one’s

Each symbol is used to build a way of foreshadowing the journey from the once overruled society of technology and the lack of independent thought to the rebirth and reflection into a positive human-focused society. There are numerous symbols used in this novel, some tie into each other as well.

Symbolism plays a major role in the “Minister’s Black Veil” by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It influences the setting of the story and it complements the moral message. The minister, Mr. Hooper, has a lot of faith and is very committed to helping the society to be more faithful and closer to God. He lives a very harsh live being rejected by society and goes through unpleasant moments to achieve his original goal. When he decides to wear the black veil, he was not trying to be mysterious and create a gloomy environment like he did; he had much more than that in mind. The Black Veil represents the thought of the puritans that sin was an inexcusable mistake, the secret sin and dark side in each individual, and he uses

Symbols in literature are like the Earth, there are multiple layers until you get to the core meaning. In the novel, The Lord of the Flies, William Golding, utilizes symbols in order to get his deeper meaning across. In a novel about boys isolated on an island during the time period of World War II, Golding shows the outcomes of what isolation can have on a group of people. While trying to get these messages across, the author uses symbols as an aid These symbols range from strength, hope, and fear. One of the most important symbols in the book is Jack’s mask. The mask starts out as a way to help Jack hunt and grows from there. Therefore, Jack’s mask begins as protection from Jack’s own identity, evolves to his strength, and

Allegory fails if there is obscurity between the i) emblem, ii) the figurative construct. iii) the thing it really represents

The marks are both a permanent reminder of a horrible time in someone’s life. They were used to identify someone as part of a bad group of people. It also showed that someone ‘owned’ you and everyone will always see you as your mark, no matter if you willing recieved it like some rebels or not.

A symbols is something used for or regarded as representing something else. The murals on the walls inside of Neville's house, for instance, are a symbolic escape. Neither of the murals depicted any human beings, so they reinforced his feelings of isolation. The murals act as a “life force…[and have]... a tangible, mind controlling potency...” Roberts house is another symbol. The house symbolizes protection and acts as a barricade. While the vampires wait on the lawn Robert is protected within his safe haven. His home is the only connection he has to his deceased family members. Inside his home he can research and continue to find the cause of the mutation that has turned the population into monsters. A last symbolic element is when Robert finds the dog. The dog symbolizes hope that Neville is not alone and that there may be more beings that have survived like him. Shortly after Neville befriends the dog it dies. Furthermore adding to the symbol; now creating the loss of hope. Although these symbols are different together they convey the theme of alienation and the hope that Neville has of surviving by finding a

As an infant, Harry James Potter was given a scar after a powerful wizard tries to kill him. However, his mother was willing to die for her son, and her love protected Harry from Voldemort. Because of this, Harry Potter survived with a small scar on his forehead, and Lord Voldemort disappeared without a trace. In Thomas C. Foster’s How to Read Literature like a Professor, he states that in most stories a character’s strange marks and shapes signifies that they have an important role. Therefore, Harry’s battle scar indicates not only his past but also his future. Foster notes that the markings indicate the damage life inflicts. For example, when Harry first came into the wizard world, most people knew who he was because

Alfred Whitehead, an English mathematician and philosopher, once said, “Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life.” In almost every story, there is some form of symbolism being used. Sometimes it is used in the characters, the setting, certain objects, the weather patterns, etc. Not only does symbolism have a great effect on the story itself, but it affects how the story is perceived. “Young Goodman Brown”, “The Minister’s Black Veil”, and “The Birthmark” are all full of many forms of symbolism. The themes of these stories are shown through the symbolism of the characters, their traits, and the objects.

Moreover, the symbol of secret sin also appears in “The Minister’s Black Veil.” When the people of the town first saw Mr. Hooper wearing the black veil, they were all wondering why he would wear such thing. To Mr. Hooper, the black veil means deceit and sins to those who can not separate themselves from their sins. One example is when he is wearing the black veil to the wedding, and everyone is kind of skeptic about why he is wearing it but in reality, he wore it to remind everyone of their sins. Because of this, people call him evil, and he soon became an outcast. The black veil can also represent his own sin that he committed in the past in which he can never forgive himself. Symbols for secret sin are once again used in Nathanial Hawthorne’s works.

In his various works, Nathaniel Hawthorne addresses the religious themes dominant in colonial Puritan society. Mr. Hooper’s black veil is a prime example on how the Puritans believed it could bring nothing but evil. Like many of his works, Hawthorne brings upon a symbol in which tends to symbolize the wrongdoings of such characters. This is not the first in which Hawthorne uses a strong symbol in his works. For example in “The Scarlet Letter”, Hester Prynne is forced to wear the scarlet letter “A” which symbolizes that she is an adulterer. The black veil can be interpreted in many ways, it’s all a matter of perception.