Symbolic Imagery

     Poets have often used symbols to convey deeper messages that they were either too afraid or felt that normal language lacked the power to express. Often when a symbol is used, the reader digs deeper into the issue more than if the message was simply shot out in the open. These symbols and metaphors can be used to portray beautiful things, or could be used to create a more compelling argument in a more subtle way.

Many authors who write of religious, philosophical, or moral issues frequently use symbolism and allegory to spark the reader’s interest. This style of writing builds on the emotions of the reader. It creates a visual image making the story real and believable.

Symbolism is one of the major elements in "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker. The woman's search for something she has never experienced is the symbolization of the mankind's search for love and happiness. The meaning of names, occupations, power, pants, cloth, words, eyes, frogs, starts, shell, stamps are only few examples of the symbols used by the author and are very important in understanding not only the characters of the story, but also global values such as love, power, mutual understanding, and authority over another person's life.

“If you take myth and folklore, and these things that speak in symbols, they can be interpreted in so many ways that although the actual image is clear enough, the interpretation is infinitely blurred, a sort of enormous rainbow of every possible colour you could imagine” (Diana Wynne Jones). Symbols are objects, characters, figures, or colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts.In Anthem by Ayn Rand, symbols are used throughout the novel, allowing to reveal more hidden information about Equality as a person as well as how it portrays to theme.

Alice Walker, author of the short story, Everyday Use, uses a plethora of symbolisms to depict various situations and provoke the mind of the reader to think relatively deep in analyzing her literary work. Intricately, symbolism refers to the representation of one item or idea in the form of another with an aim of creating an understandable meaning of a particular societal situation through a narration. Symbols are majorly a form of words or objects. Symbolism is a crucial literary element that is widely used by writers to present their ideologies creatively. Significantly, literature authors always have an objective to exert symbolism in their writings. Similarly, Alice Walker uses symbolism to symbolize various situations in her literature.

Symbolism: the artistic and poetic use of a phrase, object, or relationship to express a deeper idea. Night, by Elie Wiesel, is a retelling of Wiesel’s sacrifices and experiences as a young Jewish boy who had spent many years in concentration camps. Throughout the book, Wiesel uses an overwhelming amount of symbolism to express the deeper thoughts and feelings of the Jewish people as they did all they could to survive. Wiesel’s relationship with his father, Juliek’s violin, and the rations of food the Jews are provided with all symbolize the remnants of humanity that still remain in the Jews, who have been stripped of basically everything.

Discuss the use of imagery in two stories of your choice. How do the various images work in a particular story to bring its subject matter into focus? Is there a central image? And how does this enhance or confuse or complicate the effect of the story?

As stated by Goodale, any repetitive elements or imagery in writing has a symbolic significance (2007, p. 56). For instance, most authors use repeated imagery in order to produce the aspect of mood or impression. Similarly, from the reading “The Matrix” by Larry and Andy Wachowski, we can recognize this aspect of recurrent imagery, which seems to have achieved a significant purpose in the text. This script was written in 1998, however, it still remains relevant today due to its visionary approach of orchestrating events and symbolic references (Crystal, 2004, p. 66). In the beginning of the script, we see the authors state, “a blinding cursor pulses in the electric darkness like a heart coursing with phosphorous light,

Symbolic objects can be found in real life and in most cases in literature. Symbolism in literature it gives a story depth and a deeper meaning of the story and its characters. In Louise Eldrich’s “The Red Convertible” the car becomes a symbolic representation of the brother’s bond.

The presence of irony and symbolism is very evident in the way the message is to be comprehended by the reader. For example, in scene four of the text Tom and Amanda have an argument over what they can contribute to aid Laura’s situation. Tom states, “what can I do about it?”; Amanda replies “Overcome selfishness, self, self, self is all that you ever think of!” (Williams’s, 1397, 2017). The element that is present here is the sense of irony. It is ironic considering the fact his mother wants Tom to become selfless and she will not consider the same option. She herself has been selfish and strives to control the lives of both her children. In scenes 6-7 there is the appearance of symbolism through the mere interaction between Jim O’Connor and

Culture and Expression’s first required text is “An Evolutionary Framework for the Acquisition of Symbolic Cognition by Homo sapiens” by Ian Tattersall. The text is a short article that reviews the evolution of human beings. It describes what older species of the genus Homo looked like: body shape, bone structure, brain size, skull orientation, and know physical characteristics. Tattersall begins by truly looking at the roots of our civilization, where humans came from and how we are the byproduct resulting from millions of years of history. Early on in the article, it is discovered that more significant than physical traits, is our symbolic cognition, which separates our species from the rest of the environment. Tattersall says that it is this ‘strong apartness from the rest of Nature’ that drove humans to advance swifter than the competition . This is a crucial part of the article because it shifts the focus from physical traits to social

What is symbolism and what is the use of it? Is it simply created to confuse the reader or is it dedicated to make the reader think about the meaning of the story? What is the symbol? Is it a person, object, or event? Those are the questions we should ask ourselves before we start reading a short story "Hills Like White Elephants," written by Ernest Hemingway. "Hills Like White Elephants" is a perfect example of a wide use of literary symbols demanding all readers to read in between the lines and figure out the true meaning of them. This short story is filled with symbolism, some of which the reader may not even discover.

Sign and symbols, pictures and images are the basic organs of any writing. A writer speaks in his voice through letters and literatures with the help of images and pictures so called Signs and Symbols. This article argues to analyze the thematic and stylistic concerns associated with Symbolism as used by the Australian Fiction writer Patrick White in his novel ‘The Eye of the Storm’. While focusing on ‘The Eye of the Storm’, the article shall examine the characters and their practicality in terms of symbolism as to how and what White wants to suggest through his characters and the theme of the novel.

Pablo Picasso was the most important artist of the first half of the twentieth century. He also made collage and made major offerings to refer to Symbolism and Surrealism. Symbolism means to represent ideas or qualities. Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for its visual artworks and writings. The aim was to "resolve the clashing conditions of dream and reality."

Symbols are filled with emotions and various flashbacks which brings out memories from past events. Even smaller and innocent symbols such as a sycamore tree, can create deep meaningful thoughts, which can affect our present and perhaps future. A symbol can have a great deal of interpretations depending on which personality you possess. Two people can have different expositions based on their previous’ memories and the situations which have created themselves in the present time. Together, people can complement and understand each other which is the case in Bobby Nayyar’s short story ‘’Hollywood’’. Written and published in the anthology London/33 boroughs shots in Volume 1 East’’ in the 2010, Nayyar’s short story can be interpreted as a classical