Major Symbols in Winesburg, Ohio In Winesburg, Ohio Sherwood Anderson paints a picture about life in a small town. Anderson uses many symbols to convey the feelings of his characters with in the town. The most important symbols in Winesburg, Ohio are the use of the words fist and hands that symbolize the anger and frustration of the characters. ... Stuart (2) With Alice Hindman in the story "Adventure" we see another character that is frustrated with the outcome of her life. ... While working on his sermon he finds that he has a view of Kate Swift's room, a teacher in town. ...

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There are a number of contextual symbols in Ibsen's work. ... A symbol of affluence and luxury, the piano is a symbol of status for Hedda and Tesman. ... Hedda is more or less parting with her piano, as she is parting with how her life once was. ... The symbolism used by Ibsen allows the reader or viewer to gain an intricate view of his work, especially the character of Hedda Gabler. ... When explored, these symbols allow for multiple perceptions and views of the drama. ...

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Snow is an example of one of these symbols. ... The setting is essential to the work as a whole, allowing for the snow to be used as a symbol, for the song to be sung at the party, and for Gretta to speak to Gabriel in the motel room. Last, Huston keeps the point of view the same as the story, as well as the shifts in the point of view. The story begins with a point of view of the party before Gabriel arrives, as does the film. ... This point of view changes yet again at the end of the story while Gabriel and Gretta are in the motel room, as included in the film. ...

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Like the Song Says, I Left my Heart in San Francisco: A Symbol of Change Change is something that cannot be avoided. ... Leaves that once were green will now boast a bold red or orange color "a symbol of the change of seasons. ... As one rotates the globe, he sees not only the backside of the previous view, but a different scene. ... Everything is altered at some point in time, so why would a symbol of change be valued so much? ... Suddenly, the late night talks with my younger sister must take place over the telephone instead of in my room, and my closest friend lives some thousa...

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With this distinction in mind, there is no room to imagine that women are inferior to men. ... Islamic family role provides them with security and ensures them with a social and economical shelter, first within the family then in the community. ... The Quranic view of women reports that there is no different than that of men. ... In the traditional view, Jewish women were given 3 basic laws to keep: 1.The Jewish future is invested in our children and how we raise them. ... Islam religion does not have many symbols. ...

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In the "Mask of the Red Death" Poe uses many symbols to create links to the living world. ... The use of the rooms as a progression through life, their offset placement not allowing a view of what is to come, the eerie chiming count down of the clock, and the last and blackest of rooms as Prince Prospero final resting place are all ways in which Poe uses symbols to create and allegory to life. ... Even the placement of the clock in the last room can be interpreted as a symbol that time is up life is over. The placement of the rooms is essential in a way that they don't allow you to...

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English Literature Coursework Examine the settings that the writers have chosen for their stories in "The Signalman", "The Man With The Twisted Lip" and "The Red Room". ... Dickens had managed to combine the old with the new, the supernatural past with the modern railway in this narrative. ... The "Red Room" by H G Wells does not provide the reader with much information about the world beyond the castle where events take place. ... "On either side, a dripping-wet wall of jagged stone, excluding all view but a strip of sky" indicates that the signalman was also deprived of sunshine in that...

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John (the narrator's physician husband) has diagnosed her with a nervous depression. ... The narrator states, "The most beautiful place, the rooms are on different floors and have different setups in every room" (705). ... The narrator has a big airy room on the top floor, which contains the yellow wallpaper. 3 The Yellow paper is a symbol of the narrator's sickness. Writing is also a symbol of forget ness. ... Night is also a symbol of sleep; to her daytime is the best time to sleep. ...

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John (the narrator's physician husband) has diagnosed her with a nervous depression. ... The narrator has a big airy room on the top floor, which contains the yellow wallpaper. Reardon 3 The Yellow paper is a symbol of the narrator's sickness. Writing is also a symbol of forget ness. ... Night is also a symbol of sleep; to her daytime is the best time to sleep. ...

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Hotel room 12th Floor In his poem "Hotel room 12th floor" the poet Norman McCaig conveys a shocking image of New York. ... The association with the Empire State building shocked me, "that jumbo sized dentists drill,", As this is a symbol of new york and all that is attractive about it. ... Really, it's the same as Glasgow with its street violence and poverty. ... In my opinion the side i have seen to New York has been completely different from the side Norman McCaigs view of it. ... Even though, it cannot compare with the appalling images of stanza 1 and 2. ...

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Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, Holden views the world as an evil and corrupt place where there is no peace. ... Holden is surrounded by what he views as drunks, perverts, morons and screwballs. ... His view of the world remains the same. ... Even in the timeless peace of the Egyptian tomb room at the museum there is an un-erasable "f***-you." ... The gold rings are symbols of the spoiled world, which always "wears" a shiny surface to hide its evil. ...

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Traditionally this symbol could represent a view of possibilities, or an opening to another world', but in this instance it also becomes a view to what she does not want to see. Through this symbol, she sees all that she could be and everything that she could have. ... She will still be forced to creep about the room. More immediate to facilitating her metamorphosis than the house itself is the room she is in, specifically the characteristics of that room, the most important being the yellow wall-paper which also plays a double role; it has the ability to trap her in with its intrica...

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A Room of Many Thoughts One of the first things to notice about A Room of One's Own is that it is not a typical lecture. ... She is showing us what she values most about writing while at the same time artfully expressing her views on women and fiction. ... Woolf herself may be seen as a materialist at times on account of her generous use of symbols and her interest in "things,"" often observed first in the physical sense. ... She connects this intimacy to the things of life with upholding the real. ... These random objects and descriptions paint a picture of A Room of One'...

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The House of Ravenclaw, which has an eagle as a symbol, is easily associated with the element air, as all uses of air in magic correspond to intelligence. Moreover, their common room is specifically described as being wide and airy with great views to outside. Gryffindor is associated with fire since it has a lion as a symbol. ... They have a badger as a symbol, a hard-working, tenacious and sociable animal that has some characteristics associated with the earth signs. ... Moreover, the Slytherin Common Room is under the lake. ...

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Formalistic Criticism for "Revelation" Formalistic critics often analyze stories by showing the relationship between various elements" meanings such as: plot, characters, point of view, setting tone, diction, images, and symbols. ... The room may also represent the protagonist's small mindedness. ... Turpin sees "a woman with a yellow sweatshirt and wine-colored slacks, both gritty-looking, and the rims of her lips were stained with snuff. Her dirty yellow hair was tied behind with a little piece of red paper ribbon. ... Formalistic critics could also talk about O" Connor's use of ...

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The couple is obviously inside a room with a substantial amount of light coming through the windows, and the woman appears to be pregnant. ... A similar symbol is the convex mirror that hangs behind the couple and shows everything in the room including two witnesses. The mirror is decorated with circular scenes from Passion of Christ that represent God's promise of salvation for the figures reflected in the mirror. ... The way in which the couple is standing shows a conventional 15th century view on marriage and the roles. ... Even though there are still many unanswered questions to the...

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After awhile she went to her room to be alone. ... Mallard to come out of the room and not be alone anymore. ... It was Brently Mallard entering and Richards try to screen him from the view of his wife, Mrs. ... Kate Chopin uses a variety of symbols throughout the plot of the short story, "The Story of an Hour." While discussing the story in class I realized Chopin's use of these symbols. ...

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"The Yellow Wallpaper"" is about a woman that suffers from a mental illness and is kept in a room with only a bed and her own thoughts, which ultimately lead to her mental downfall. ... Gilman builds the majority of this story on the yellow wallpaper that stands as a symbol for the many struggles that a women in that day and age had to deal with. ... The color yellow is normally associated with illness. ... Jane describes her view from one of the windows in her room. ... Here, the word "riotous " is a direct result of her desire to go against the guidelines of what is expected of her and to le...

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The mind and heart are fragile items to toy with. ... Both are symbols showing the inner feeling of the women portrayed. ... In the end she got what she wanted, but it came with a heavy price. ... The room became a symbol of her oppression, try as she may, she can not leave it. ... In "The Story of an Hour" the view from the window portrayed her release and freedom. ...

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(pg.29 l.36) Because he says "Elves", which is entirely random, the narrator's playful personality is made more clear to the reader, and it also shows the great contrast with the neighbor's view. ... When the man with whom he's sharing a room, Layfayette, tries to be his friend, Dr. ... The symbol of doors leads the reader to understand the characters. ... Magoon is being lead to the room, he goes "down a narrow passage of doors".... This obscured view is caused by the darkness. ...

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Mallard herself is a symbol of self-sacrifice. ... " The heart is traditionally the symbol of an individual's emotional core. ... Chopin first incorporates imagery associated with nature as she writes, "When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone" (106). ... Rain is associated with rebirth or a new life. ... It is in this room where she views the tops of trees, hears the songs of birds on the roof, sees patches of blue sky and even notices how the clouds are aligning in the sky....

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In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden views children as innocent, and tries to protect them from the evils of society. ... Children are the symbol of innocence, and society is the symbol of evil. As children grow up and experience society and the world, they become corrupt, or phony, through their experiences in Holden's view. Society is a symbol of evil because it is already corrupt. ... Finally even in the Egyptian tomb room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, he finds them again, written in red crayon under glass. ...

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One of the most important parts of the house in terms of symbolism is the library, and Winton uses this to present his views on the racial policies of Australia in the 1950s. ... Thus, when Rose and Lamb make love in the library, "their sudden love remains in the room, hanging like incense". ... In this case, the house as a whole, and the aboriginal man are used a symbol to prove this. ... We are first introduced to this when the old lady dies in the house while playing on the piano and "her nose hit middle C hard enough to darken the room with sound". ... Throughout the novel, the Aboriginal ...

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He describes how she uses symbols such as reading, music, and walking to present her characters in accordance with the novel's themes. ... Like reading, Elizabeth plays because she enjoys music, with or without an audience, while Miss Bingley uses music as her feminine "social status symbol" and also as a means to attract men (Moler 52). ... These walks associate her with her art-nature characteristics (Moler 54). ... The first time is at Netherfield in the drawing room, and the second is in the shrubbery at Netherfield (Moler 54). ... Moler presents his views on the symbolic motifs ...

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Current feminist critics have come up with a profusion of in-depth views and symbolism that have altered the way this work is read. ... In addition, setting is a strategy for the author to introduce symbols in the text, symbols that are not obvious to decipher at the first read. ... These symbols represent Gilman's view on the status of women in the patriarchal society of the nineteenth century. ... The text is very descriptive and loaded with symbols. The author takes the opportunity to relate elements of setting with symbols and meanings beyond the first reading's impressions. ...

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