... , explains: Symbolism is offering the reader a concrete object that actually has a broader, more abstract meaning to the story or novel. Examples of symbols are light, representing qualities such as purity and goodness; darkness, representing evil and evil doings; specific colors, representing a multitude of emotions from love to hate; and locations, representing good or bad dependent upon how the setting is described by the ... author. (Griffith 7) The Medieval masterpiece "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" provides many excellent examples of the effective use of symbolism in literature....

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