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Symbolism
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What Symbols Stand For
• A symbol is often an ordinary object, event, person, or animal to
which we have attached extraordinary meaning and
significance.
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We use a rectangle of dyed cloth to symbolize a country.
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• We use a picture of a skull and crossbones to symbolize poison or danger.
• We send red roses as a symbol of love.
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Where Do Symbols Come From?
• Symbols can be inherited or invented
• The most familiar symbols have been inherited, meaning, they have been handed down over time
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Public and Inherited Symbols
• For example: no one really knows who first thought of using a lion as a symbol of power, courage and domination
• Once these qualities were associated with the animal, images of lions appeared on flags, banners, coats of arms and castle walls
• The lion became a public symbol that shows up in art and literature, even today!
• Can you think of some examples of how lions are used as a symbol of courage and power?
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People through out history have endowed ordinary objects with meanings far beyond their simple meaning.
A crown symbolizes royalty
Five linked rings
symbolize the
Olympics
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Invented Symbols
• Symbols can also be invented. • What is the symbol for our school?
• Writers often take a new object, character, or event and make it the embodiment of some human concern.
• Some invented symbols in literature have become so widely known that they often have gained the status of public symbols.
For example: Peter Pan is a symbol for eternal childhood
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Concrete VS. Abstract
A real object or event.
Something you can see.
Ideas or feelings.
Things that you feel
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Why Create Symbols?
Why don’t writers just come right out and say what they mean.
• Symbols allow writers to suggest layers and layers of meaning-possibilities that a simple, literal statement could never convey.
• A symbol is like a pebble cast into a pond: It sends out ever widening ripples of meaning
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How do I know if it’s a symbol?
Here are a few hints:
•Repeat appearance
•Seem to be connected with a character or event
•Author spend long time on description
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Introduction to Symbolism
Symbolism = an ordinary object, event, person, or animal to which we have attached extraordinary meaning and
significance.