... the 19th century Australia became a land of new opportunities for many immigrants. Probably during this period people understood the country as egalitarian, classless and terms like "fair go" came up. Symbols of Australia in that time were the bushranger Ned Kelly and pioneer settlers and farmers. Obviously these guys were the origin of the image of courageous and strong male Australians ... and today a new idea of identity emerged. This idea focuses on Australian life style and multiculturalism. Sports heroes of typical Australian sport seem to replace farmers, bushrangers and soldiers...

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... have an effect on how Gurney thought, transforming the language in his later poems. For Gurney, things like nobility and pride, once emphasized in his poems, were now changed to symbols of futility and death. Consequently, his war poems become more direct with its shocking use of content. "To His Love" employs a vivid sense of emotion that is transcended ... ...

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... Jews or Gypsies, or a certain symbol to show what the person represents such as the Star of David during the Holocaust, if the classified people are forced into wearing these symbols then that could potentially mean a start to genocide. Dehumanization this is where one group of people doesn't even believe that the other group are people at all, this is where ... ...

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... the Flies," author William Golding incorporates characters, objects, and events which represent concepts or ideas pertaining to the flaws of mankind. These things are known as allegories, because they are symbols that stand for the truths about human life. Golding uses allegory as a literary device to advance the story's significance beyond just an adventure fable. The book scrutinizes human behaviour in ... ...

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... personal beliefs, even though they are ultimately damaging and pushed unto these characters. Providing a reason to survive, the theme of hope exists as the ability to be inspired by physical symbols or experiences of contentment to believe that peace may exist in war's demise. The texts similarly use characterization and naturalistic metaphorical devices but differ in their use of writer and ... ...

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... tunics have come to the village to vote for a representative to Parliament. Most of the peasants can neither read nor write, but that does not matter. On the ballots are symbols representing the different political parties. Each voter makes a mark under the symbol of the party he/she favors (Perkins 192). Rule by the people played an important part in the ... ...

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... to surrealism, which became very influential in art in the late 1930s and 1940s; inspired to a great extent by Freudian psychology; surrealists painted a fantastic world of wild dreams and complex symbols, where watches melted and giant metronomes beat time in precisely drawn but impossible alien landscapes 24. Guernica -mural painted by Pablo Picasso; masterfully unites several powerful strands in 20th century ... ...

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... economy. Because of the high degree of surplus involved, necessity achieved a cathexis of merchandise and services the individual had to consume, the fun he had to enjoy, and the status symbols he had to carry. Since physical labor tended to become increasingly unnecessary due to automation, the traditional content of the struggle for existence appeared meaningless, without substance, and even unnecessary ... ...

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... to the Nazi Party's grip on its people, was achieved through a mix of persuasion, motivation and discrimination. Individualism was quickly replaced by a way of life steeped in collective gestures and symbols; mass rallies, uniforms, public commemorations and in particular, the gesture synonymous with the Nazi era - the "Heil Hitler" salute. Although these public messages became tiresome to many Germans, they were ... ...

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... enables a leader to show leadership, without bearing the costs that other options might entail, like military action. Critics may say that the symbolic use of sanctions is empty gestures, but symbols are important in politics. Lindsay says that this is important when "no action can signal weakness and silence can insinuate involvement". Economic sanctions are often used although they sometimes fail ... ...

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