Of what symbolic value is the California desert? I think California desert symbolize "psalm 23" even though I walk through the valley shadow of death I shall fear no evil for thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. In California desert people hardly survive because of the heat but the ...

In Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, light is used symbolically through the example of Estella. Miss Havisham brings Estella up in the darkness, consequently sheltering her from the true meaning of life. By Miss Havisham's orders, the house in which Estella lives is lit only by artifi...

Robert Frost's "Home Burial" is a narrative poem that speaks of life's tragedies. Robert Frost's writing style is very straight-forward and direct. In "Home Burial" the setting appears to be the background of a tragedy that centers around the death of a child. It is important for the reader to recog...