... Civil War realities. Crane's style of writing to portray these realities included the technique of symbolism. In this technique, symbols are ahiddenÖ within certain objects throughout the story to help express the theme. There were many symbols in the story, but a few of the important ones were symbolized by the soldiers. ... As soon as Henry enters battle, this motivation to become a man softens to a mere whisper -- Henry is afraid. aHe, too, threw down his gun and fled. There was no shame in his face. He ran like a rabbitÖ. Crane uses Henry's fear to symbolize how a true life person...

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Baptismal Symbols Water The primary symbol of Baptism is water. Water, present almost everywhere, is basic to life. Without it there is no life. Powerful, gentle, so pure in its God- ... oil. This draws on the way in which, in the time of the early Christians, athletes preparing for a contest would be rubbed down with oil to loosen their limbs and prepare them for either the race or the fight. Making the cross in this way reminds people that life is often a struggle in which the baptized person is enlisted to ... good. Anointing More commonly, however, oil is used after the baptism. This anoi...

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... Sea shows much of these features. It is a story so simply written that it challenges the reader to "fish" for the religious parallels and symbols. The deeper you read, the more indirect references to Christianity and religion you find. The story of Santiago, the old man, involves many parallels to the story of Jesus Christ at different points throughout the story. Crucifixion imagery ... was the same position in which Santiago fell asleep in. Manolin's crying represented the followers of Christ and their guilt after Christ's execution. Along with The Old Man and the Sea, Arthur Miller's...

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... to convey that Dimmesdale can represent Puritan Society rather than the round character that can be seen on the surface level. This is seen through the imagery and symbolism of hypocrisy, Dimmesdale as a Christ figure, and the scarlet letter. Dimmesdale symbolically portrays Jesus Christ in certain ways. For instances, Dimmesdale's death marked the beginning of a new era, just as Christ's death marked a new ... indescribable pain. Through this imagery that parallels Dimmesdale to Jesus Christ, we can see that Dimmesdale represents a Christ figure for the Puritan society, and Hawthorne u...

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... all evil, this theory is stated as, "The Lord of the Flies was expanding like a balloon" (Golding 130). Along with this idea is the religious symbolism that is used for ineffectively confronting the evil. At a point in the book, Golding has Simon, symbolic of Jesus Christ (a Christian deity), confront the Lord ... writes for the characters to become gradually more and more evil. This attribute even reaches the symbols of goodness and order, such as Ralph. Once, when Ralph and Piggy go to the feast on Jack's beach, they begin to meld with the others and their evil ways. "Piggy and Ralph, ...

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