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Symbolism and Allegory
Notes for your daybook!
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Symbols in our culture that we recognize at once.
Public Symbols Symbols in our culture that we recognize at once.
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Symbol Something (an object, a setting, event, animal, or even a person) that functions in a story the way that you’d expect it to but ALSO stands for something more that itself, usually something abstract. Example: The color white…
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A Symbol is : Figurative Language
Like a metaphor, a symbol is something that is identified with something else that is very different from it but that shares some quality. For example: Why are snakes symbolic of evil? What qualities do they share?
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Allegories Stories in which characters and places stand for virtues and vices. Virtues are good qualities/habits Vices are bad qualities/habits
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Fable A story where animal characters that symbolize vices and virtues act out a story in order to teach a practical lesson about how to succeed in life.
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Motif It’s a mini theme! It is recurring elements within particular works, such as phrases, descriptions, symbols, or patterns of Imagery.
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