Symbolism in LOTF

Golding’s Use of Symbolism Symbolism is the “frequent use of words, places, characters, or objects that mean something beyond what they are on literal level” William Golding uses so much symbolism in LOTF that many critics agree that it is an allegory- in writing that has “a double meaning”

Title- Lord of the Flies Before even opening the novel, the readers of goldings work are face to face with a symbol- the title LOTF is a “a name applied to the biblical demon Beelzebub” thus symbolizing evil.

Lord of The Flies In the novel, the Lord of the Flies in the name given to the pigs head that the hunters put on a stick sharpened at both ends. “this head is for the beast” (pg. 140)

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