... enables the painting to create a universal history that acts as a catalyst to the sufferings brought by human disaster and the overwhelming brutality of war. Picasso begins to utilize the human memory by using abstract symbols, allowing a broad spectrum of memories to be linked to a single symbolism. The Minator is a mythological creature that is often found in Picassos works is a symbol of the beast ... within, wrenching Guernica from its historical context and endows it with menacing significance that allow it to transcend the passage of ... time. Other symbols include a mother cradli...

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In, "Heart of Darkness," Joseph Conrad uses the nature of the Congo river as a symbol to express the chaos and condition in the heart of both the conquerors and the conquered. By using symbolism, Conrad deeply explores the overall theme of the dehumanizing and futile aspects of imperialism. Conrad personifies the river to symbolically reflect the feelings of the people being conquered. He says the river has a, "vengeful aspect," but the author does not imply that the river itself desires revenge, but that the Africans desire to take revenge against the cruelty inflicted by the conquerors. In c...

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