The Play Symbols

A particularly effective element of the production was the use of costume. The costumes exposed the time period, transporting the audience back to 1981, immediately involving me in the story. Costume represented the social class the characters belonged to. Mr and Mrs Lyons were rich and had a high social status, their costume established their character; Mr. Lyons was wearing a suit and Mrs. Lyons wore tights and uniform. In contrast, the Johnson family were living in poverty, and this is also shown through the usage of costume. I as audience felt empathy for Mrs Johnson as through costume I could see her financial struggle.

What is symbolism? Symbolism is representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning. In “The Outsiders” there are many symbols that represent different ideas of the characters and novel

Themes and symbols are two very different ways of giving meaning and purpose to a movie. But which is more effective and has a greater impact on the audience? In the movie The Hunger Games, many different themes including evolving identity, the sustaining power of love, class, spectacle, and stoicism. Many different symbols are also displayed including the mockingjay, the three finger salute, fire, and even the different coloration from the districts to the capitols. There are many themes and symbols but which is more effective?

A major theme in this play would be pain and injuries. This happens many times throughout the play and in each scene either

The first way the author uses symbolism to show the overall theme is with color. Numerous times in the novel Janie is wearing a

The overall dramatic meaning of this play has been successfully shown by the elements of drama. The

You are going to fail more times you succeed so keep trying because success is on its way. To start, the fiction book Playmakers, written by Mike Lupica, is about the rivalry between Ben McBain and Chase Braggs in basketball. Ben plays for the Rockwell Rams and Chase plays for Darby Bears. The author shows us the battles between Ben and Chase and the problems Ben faces such as one of there best players getting hurt. In the book two main themes show. The first theme is never give up and the second theme is treat others the way you want to be treated. These two themes show up throughout the book multiple times.

Color express mood and stresses importance of events in a novel. In the Great Gatsby, the symbolism of color is a crucial one. Yellow, white, and green all affect the mood of this novel. Showing how the colors describe the person or thing both physically, and emotionally.

the play are ―rich symbol[s]‖ that convey the barriers of a ―racist society‖ (Kenny par. 18). The

Symbolism is the use of symbols to supply things with a representative meaning or to represent something abstract by an existing object. In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, colours are used to symbolize a person’s inner thoughts and feelings. Colours, such as green, white are used to find ones true feelings; while others use colours to hide their true persona. Colour symbolism is used to convey a deeper message to the readers and help us understand the characters true colours.

The book the Outsiders takes place in tulsa, Oklahoma sometime in the 1960’s. In the book there many characters such as ponyboy, the main character, Sodapop, ponyboy’s older brother, Darry, also Ponyboy’s older brother, Dally, Two-Bit, Steve, and Johnny. These boys are all greasers and some of them have nicknames like Two-Bit his real name is Keith, but there are also the Socs like Cherry Valents. In the book Ponyboy, Johnny, and some of their other friends go to the movies and find Cherry and her friend. On their home Ponyboy and johnny find themselves being attacked by Socs. Out of pear self defense Johnny ends up killing one of the Socs and the rest ran off. After that, Johnny and Ponyboy find themselves on the run from the police. If

To identify the importance of the play, Wilson introduces symbolism as a mean of the play. The symbols the piano, Sutter’s ghost, and the song bring about the core of the play, and give a deeper look into The Piano Lesson.

The first element, thought/theme/ideas, encompasses what the play means. Although they don’t directly state any themes there are two clear meanings to this play. The first theme or meaning is you have to stand up for what you believe in or what you believe is not right. For example, Juror 8 believes the kid on trial did not murder his father while all other eleven jurors did believe so. As he talked, using hard evidence, he slowly persuaded everyone until they believed the kid was innocent although one of them was racially biased and others strongly believed what they said. Another theme is you can’t make immense decisions based on opinions or prior judgements but rather on what is genuinely true whether it affects your life.

“Symbols are nothing but the natural speech of drama…the purest language of plays.” Once, quoted as having said this, Tennessee Williams has certainly used symbolism and colour extremely effectively in his play, ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’. A moving story about fading Southern belle Blanche DuBois and her lapse into insanity, ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ contains much symbolism and clever use of colour. This helps the audience to link certain scenes and events to the themes and issues that Williams presents within the play, such as desire and death, and the conflict between the old America and the new.

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