Symbolism and Allegory

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Symbolism and Allegory Notes for your daybook!

Symbols in our culture that we recognize at once. Public Symbols Symbols in our culture that we recognize at once.

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…

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?

Allegories Stories in which characters and places stand for virtues and vices. Virtues are good qualities/habits Vices are bad qualities/habits

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.

Motif It’s a mini theme! It is recurring elements within particular works, such as phrases, descriptions, symbols, or patterns of Imagery.