The Awakening contains many symbolic features, such as the way Edna uses art, the birds (the parrot and the mockingbird), sleep, music, and the houses Edna Pontellier lives in, but perhaps two of the most significant symbols are the clothes in the novel, not only of Edna, but also the other cha...

The use of symbols in fiction is to give the events of the story and stronger presence and to help explain better the intent of the story. Just as dialogue, characterization, and plot work on the surface to move a story along, symbolism works under the surface to connect the story's outside action ...

The use of a key in a literary piece is an important element to symbolize a higher meaning within a story. A key could represent many different meanings. For instance, in the story "Bluebeard", the key could represent life or death, knowledge, or the ability to open a whole new dimens...

Symbolism Symbolism is the art or practice of using symbols, especially by investing things with a symbolic meaning or by expressing the invisible or intangible by means of visible or sensuous representation. The technique is used to emphasize the importance of ideas by leaving out important detai...

In the early 1800s women were given a subservient role in society. In marriage, the husband could be viewed as the warden and the wife as the inmate. This left the woman to become dependent and therefore inferior. In \"The Yellow Wall-Paper\" the author Charlotte Gilman vividly writes the effects...

Zora Neale Hurston uses symbols throughout the novel to explain events, rather than sating them. She interprets many important aspects of life and turns these events into symbols throughout Their Eyes Were Watching God. The important aspects of life being symbolized include faith, the maturation p...

In the novel, The Awakening, Kate Chopin takes Edna Pontellier on a journey of self-discovery. In doing this, she uses many symbols to show the relationship between Edna and the world. Clothing, or rather, the lack thereof, displays this relationship well. As Edna progresses throughout the novel,...

Symbolism is John Steinbeck's "The Chrysanthemums" "The Chrysanthemums", one of John Steinbeck's masterpieces, describes a lonely farmer's wife, Elisa Allen. Elisa Allen's physical appearance is very mannish yet still allows a hint of a feminine side to peek...

Before this class, I never looked at what sex a painter was when I looked at his or her paintings. I just looked at all paintings equally, to see which ones I liked and which ones I didn\'t like. I thought that there were more male artists than female artists. I never knew that under the surface ...

A Feminist Approach to "The Chrysanthemums" A primary concern of feminist reformers has been a woman's right to self- actualization. Self- actualization is something that women have a hard time facing today. Self- actualization is making your personality real to yourself. Some men ...

Carol P. Christ explains the effect symbols have on females. She claims the symbol of a female Goddess does much in the way of helping women overcome their feelings of shame and doubt towards their own body and soul. Christ says the symbol of the male God undermines women deeply, and it hinders th...

"Ironies in Trifles""Trifles is a very interesting play to read. There are many symbols in the play, written by Susan Glaspell. Four particular ones come to mind when I think of "Trifles".The overall play was about a woman driven to kill her husband. One of the symbols is the way she kills him. Mrs....

I very much enjoyed this story, almost hard to believe that it was written in 1899! I can imagine that it was very shocking to read of a woman's sexual awakening. I found the opening imagery very interesting, could this beautiful bird in the cage symbolize Edna? Very interesting that in the...

Free At Last When a reader first reads The Yellow Wallpaper it appears to be a story of a young woman suffering from post pardum depression that slowly ends in the total loss of reality. However, understanding that Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an early feminist, and her writings share a common th...

Journal #1: Analysis of "The Chrysanthemums" The story of "The Chrysanthemums" by John Steinbeck is a story about a woman, Elisa, who has desires and needs like any other woman. These desires and needs are unfulfilled and at that period of time it was not appropriate for women...

In the novel Breath, Eyes, Memory, the color red is symbolic of true power, creation, destruction, and woman purity. Danticat uses the color red to allude at small details in the story, such as the color of the inside of their house, Martine's favorite color, and the dress she was buried in. ...

Kristen Brentzel The Signs of an Author Symbols add so much to an authors work. To be able to play the game of figuring out those symbols is on reason most readers pick up certain author's writings. Hawthorne is one of those writers. In this book we are showered with wonderful symbols ...

Symbolism is John Steinbeck's "The Chrysanthemums" "The Chrysanthemums", one of John Steinbeck's masterpieces, describes a lonely farmer's wife, Elisa Allen. Elisa Allen's physical appearance is very mannish yet still allows a hint of a feminine side to peek...

Mankind has a history of turning away from God and embracing evil. From the days of Cain to the present, there are a chain of men and women who have forsaken the promise of salvation in favor of what is called Satanism. In Hawthorne's story, Goodman Brown is faced with this challenge. He must end...

SUBJECT: Paper 1 Analysis of a Short Story DATE: 10/05/1999 THE BLACK CAT What can the color black symbolize? Does it symbolize the death, the devil or alcohol? I think the black cat symbolizes all of these things. The black cat symbolizes the ...

"Symbolism in Trifles" In 1919 Susan Glaspell wrote a play, "Trifles", which uses symbolism to help the story unfold. Symbolism is most prominent with the canary that is found. The canary Cleary is a symbol of Mrs. Wright. The play takes place in the now abandoned farmho...

In a work revealing of the human condition, Mrs. Write is acquitted by \"A Jury of Her Peers\" for two reasons: the men viewed the women as insignificant while the women viewed themselves with compassion and understanding. This conclusion is evident in the author\'s use of word choice, symbolism, an...

Writers often find significance in their work that others might not see. One can explore the same account written in different forms of literature. Often, there will be similarities found in the comparison of both works. The significance of the mother\'s painting, \"Lot\'s Wife,\" in Amy Bloom\'s \"...

It is possible to regard The Awakening as a proto-feminist novel which presents women as victims of the inadequate men who surround them and a society which limits their chances to escape from these men. The Awakening not only presents women as victims of inadequate men, but it also portrays stron...

ANNE SEXTON Her Kind This is a poem that is filled with imagery that the author uses to identify the reader with what I feel were personal stresses in her own life. In class we talked about Anne as an emotionally challenged women who couldn't cope with every day life. The Title of th...