 Today we will: o Review mood and tone o Define symbolism and allegory  Homework: o Membean practice

 A sense of foreboding is a feeling or premonition that something bad or harmful is about to happen. Synonyms: menace and dread  How do we know that something bad or harmful is about to happen? What makes us feel that way? It is created through a combination of many feelings. Think of a time when you felt a premonition or feeling of dread. What words would you use to describe that sense of foreboding?

Sense of Foreboding Powerlessness

 Diction: the choice and use of words  Imagery: an author's use of vivid and descriptive language to add depth to their work

 All the same, when I came to the Place of the Gods, I was afraid, afraid. The current of the great river is very strong—it gripped my raft with its hands. That was magic, for the river itself is wide and calm. I could feel evil spirits about me, I was swept down the stream. Never have I been so much alone—I tried to think of my knowledge, but it was a squirrel's heap of winter nuts. There was no strength in my knowledge any more and I felt small and naked as a new- hatched bird—alone upon the great river, the servant of the gods.

 Diction o strong o swept o gripped o small o naked o alone  Imagery o “it gripped my raft with its hands” o “swept down stream” o “my knowledge, but it was a squirrel’s heap of winter nuts” o “no strength in my knowledge”

A symbol is often an event, object, person or animal to which an extraordinary meaning or significance has been attached.  Symbols can be inherited or invented.  Ex. The Statue of Liberty came to symbolize freedom for people immigrating to the United States by way of Ellis Island.

 Symbols allow writers to suggest layers of meanings and possibilities that a simple literal statement could not convey as well.  Symbols allow writers to convey an idea with layers of meaning without having to explain those layers in the text.

o An Allegory is a story in which characters, settings and actions stand for something beyond themselves. o In some types of Allegories, the characters and setting represent abstract ideas of moral qualities. o In other types, characters and situations stand for historical figures and events.

 An Allegory can be read on one level for its literal or straightforward meaning  An allegory can be read for its symbolic, or allegorical meaning  Allegories are often intended to teach a moral lesson or make a comment about goodness and depravity.

 The Most Dangerous Game:  Zaroff: Allegory for _______________  The Casks of Amontillado:  Fortunato: Symbol/Allegory for _____  Thank you Ma’am:  Shoes: Symbol for ________________  Animal Farm  Fables?  Others…?

 A symbol can be a word, place, character or object that means something beyond what it is on a literal level.  An allegory involves using many interconnected symbols or allegorical figures in such a way that nearly every element of the narrative has a meaning beyond the literal level, i.e., everything in the narrative is a symbol that relates to other symbols within the story.