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    Symbols can mean powerful things in real life and in movies. The same symbol can mean a different things at different times through a movie. I just watched Dead poet’s society and it is about a group of boys in a school that was very strict. They got a new teacher named Mr. Keating, he influenced the boys to be themselves and made them do weird things that made them express themselves. There are multiple symbols in the movie. I liked it when they stood on the desk, so that is what I did for my symbol

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    Bless the Beasts and Children Symbols are often an important part of a literary work. This is especially true of the symbols in Glendon Swarthout’s Bless the Beasts and Children. In this case, an understanding of the symbols adds to the meaning of the novel. Three of the most important symbols are the Bedwetters hats, radios, and the buffaloes. In Bless the Beasts and Children, one of the main symbols is the hats the Bedwetters wear. The Bedwetters cherish some type of headgear, “Goodenow wore

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    Confederate symbols are symbols like monuments or flags that show people who were Confederate army heros or just the flag to show that they think that the Confederacy should have won. Confederate symbols represent white supremacy and Hate for people who are people too. The people most of the monuments are made for were white supremacists and they believed that so strongly they went to war for it. These people were unjust and they thought one race was superior; which it is not. These statues stand

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    Symbolism is any symbol that stands for something other than its literal meaning that can be used to illustrate an object or an person. This poetic device creates a mood for the story and allows the reader to fully understand the text. In the story “ The Devil and Tom Walker”, many of these symbols are used to represent something besides its actual meaning. Three of the symbols used in the story include the swamp, the Bible, and the Devil. The swamp symbolizes what could happen when people choose

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    7. What are key symbols in A Farewell to Arms? What makes them particularly important and what do they reveal about a particular character(s), settings or theme in the novel? Two of the main symbols in the novel, A Farewell to Arms, are rain and Catherine’s hair. Rain is used throughout throughout the novel as a symbol of the inevitable disintegration of happiness in life. On page 109 and 110 of the novel, Catherine talks to Frederick about why she is afraid of the rain. She states, “All right. I’m

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    Eulogy for Symbols Dear fellow map lovers, teachers, and explorers, We are all gathered here today to morn over the death, but celebrate the life of Symbols. Most people kind of overlook him because he's inside the Map Key, but Symbols is, I mean was, everywhere on the map. Symbols was a mark or character that represents something else. I remember this one time when I was in fourth grade, my class was learning about The Revolutionary War and I remember seeing these cool markings all over the

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    Symbols are representations of an abstract idea. Symbolism plays a big part throughout the dystopian fiction novel, Fahrenheit 451. In Ray Bradbury’s publication the roles of symbolism are representing the government's control over the people with the mechanical hound, censorship with the banning of books, and the city being reborn after it burns itself up because of the wrongs they’ve been doing. Symbolism is represented in the text because the books represents censorship, the phoenix represents

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    in an article on symbolism in which he said, “Without symbolism, something essential is missing from language and art. Symbols allow authors to impart ideas above and beyond the literal level of the text. A symbol represents, or stands in place of, something else. Even letters and words themselves are symbols, because our brain turns those markings into thoughts and ideas. Symbols are everywhere in our lives. Traffic signs, advertising logos and religious iconography all provide visual information

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    Symbols of Power in Lord of The Flies Symbols have been used to express power throughout history. Judges have gavels. Police officers wear badges. Kings wear crowns. Symbols are used to categorize people into different social classes or groups. In Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, those in leadership use tangible objects as symbols in an attempt to gain control over the group. There are two main symbols of power in the novel--the conch shell and the ???? PIGGY’s GLASSES? BEAST? CONCH At

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    interest in Wiccan and Paganism, there has also been a rise in the misunderstanding of certain symbols. Two of these symbols, the pentagram and pentacle, have perhaps more misunderstanding than most. Many modern people consider them both symbols of evil and satanic worship. When they imagine either one of these symbols, they commonly see them being used in blood sacrifices or ‘black’ magick. However, these symbols are actually connected with none of these concepts. Instead, they have a long history and

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