Some more examples of symbols include,. Symbolism, as a literary device, is used to signify abstract qualities using characters, backgrounds, objects, or setting. Given below are some example of symbolism in literature. Apple is a symbol of temptation. Imagery refers to the use of vivid and descriptive language to add depth to the writing.
Symbolism refers to the imbuement of objects with a certain meaning that is different from their original meaning or function.
Symbolism and figurative language provide a depth to writing that reliance on straightforward expression cannot. These types of literary devices allow the writer to move beyond using prose merely for the transmission of facts. Using symbolism and figurative language brings prose closer to poetic expression and provides the opportunity to deliver information on multiple levels that can be understand by multiple levels of educational awareness. A simile is a figurative language device that allows one object to be compared with another by using the term "like" or "as.
For instance, "The horse raced like the wind. Metaphor allows language to be used to directly identify one object with another without using "like" or "as. For instance, "My beloved is the red balloon that lifts my heart. Metaphors like this open new possibilities for interpretation by the reader, which can make the text more engaging and the implications deeper. This is a kind of extended metaphor , in which implications from one comparison generate more implications for other story elements.
The connotations of the full scene are imbued with life-and-death struggle. The third core form figurative language can take is symbolism. Even more so than metaphors, symbols are usually implied, requiring careful attention and interpretation from the reader.
Correspondingly, their impact can be enormous. Any symbol once developed can subtly shift our perceptions of character and theme, be reinvoked later on, moving the whole arc of stories towards our goal.
None of these comparisons is directly stated in the text. They are achieved sometimes, in the case of the illness and the birdsong, through close juxtaposition of one element with another; at other times, in the case of the more abstract significance of the new year and the children playing in the distance, only with the careful awareness of readers and, sometimes, only in retrospect, after we know what happens later in the story.
The reason these are symbols and not metaphors is that all of these items are really present in the story: there really is a blackbird, but it also has a deeper significance.
The character really is lying in bed while his peers play outside, but the isolation of this situation is symbolic of deeper isolation in the character. Similes and metaphors, as we have seen above, can be constructed in many ways; symbols even more so. In the case of symbolism, the comparison has become so real as to become physically part of the story itself, which gives symbolism some of the richest possibilities available in the figurative world.
Often symbols simply appear as we write, unplanned manifestations of the inner mind. We may not notice them ourselves until a later read-through, although they also can be consciously planned. But when we do become aware of symbols in our stories, it is useful to investigate them carefully to make sure they make the transfer of connotations that we want. We can hone and shape and guide them, with as much care as we shape our characters and scenes.
The symbols are alive, it sometimes feels. That was a metaphor. Figurative language is not only the property of poets. Prose writers weave symbol and metaphor and simile through paragraph and chapter, a grand metaphor itself, perhaps, for the symbolic nature of every little word we speak. How do you like to use figurative language in your writing?
What favorite comparisons have you come across in your reading? What tips and tricks do you have? I would love to hear. Like Liked by 1 person.
Like Like. For instance, when a poet writes the word "tree" he is making the reader think of a tree. If that is the only meaning behind the word, then it is, in a fashion, a literal symbol for the object being represented, because no real tree exists for the reader.
Examples of literal symbolism in art can be difficult to find because so many times artists are trying to represent something beyond that which first appears in the work. Photography is a common place to find literal symbolism, as the images shot often attempt to represent the most perfect reproduction of the actual object possible.
With literature, understanding the literal meaning of a symbol is important for later being able to interpret the figurative symbolism. Figurative symbolism is where the world of symbolic interpretation in art really gets started.
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