If you see these in prose or a poem, it’s no coincidence.
Open windows implies a sort of release, freedom. Not closed or restrained in any way.
Rain and water symbolize renewal, baptism to a new life, change, cleansing. Especially when characters get submerged somehow.
Blue skies symbolize the promise of good times, better times to come. Positivity and happiness and hope.
Conflict! Storm outside = storm inside between characters internally within a character Rain – characters getting rained on could also mean change, renewal (baptism)
Entrance into another world, huge change. “crossing over” to some other side.
Seasons Spring : growth, birth, renewal Summer: good times, happy, positive, life Autumn: before death, adult years, coming to an end, harvest Winter: death, end
Restraint Repression Suppression Rejection Secrecy
Freedom Liberation the human desire to escape gravity, to reach the level of the angel. The bird is often the disembodied human soul, free of its physical constrictions
Harbingers of Death, Decay
Red = passion, love, blood, war, anger (masculine)
White = Pure Clean Blank Wealth, sophistication
Green = nature, growth, jealousy
Blue = peaceful, cool (feminine)
Black = evil, death void, empty, depression
Gray = Vague Nothing
Purple unites red's fiery masculinity with blue's cool femininity. Purple is often used to represent royalty, imperial power, justice, and/or truth
Mysteriousness Ambiguity Vagueness Suspense
The moon is a feminine symbol, universally representing the rhythm of time as it embodies the cycle. The phases of the moon symbolize immortality and eternity
Often a Biblical allusion
Biblical: deceit, temptation, wisdom, “Satan in disguise” Cultural/Historical: serpents and snakes represent fertility or a creative life force. As snakes shed their skin through sloughing, they are symbols of rebirth, trans- formation, immor- tality, and healing. Poison and medicine
Problems with vision = problems seeing the truth, skewed perception Oftentimes, a character will lose the ability of sight and will only then see the truth
light in the darkness of life, especially individual life, illumination; holy illumination of the spirit of truth.
A sexualized representation of male potency, power, or domination-- particularly through some object vaguely reminiscent of the penis Arrow Cane/walking stick Staff Sword, club Tower Missile, rocket Key
Definition: A sexualized representation of femininity and reproductive power--particularly through some object vaguely reminiscent of the vagina Girls parts: Gates Open doors Holes (i.e., keyhole) Cups