Characters
Symbolism
Key Terms
Symbolism 2.0
Miscellaneous
100
He represents intellect and civilization.
Who is Piggy?
100
It represents order and civilization.
What is the conch?
100
The place where the lives of the boys on the island occur in this (the representation of many different aspects of the world in a "small universe."
What is a microcosm?
100
They represent intellect.
What are Piggy's glasses?
100
This character is elected chief mainly because he has the conch.
Who is Ralph?
200
He is obsessed with pigs.
Who is Jack?
200
It represents known and unknown fear in humans.
What is the beast?
200
In a psychological allegory, Jack could be called to represent this part of the mind that represents desire/fun/pleasure?
What is ID?
200
It represents hope and celebration.
What is the fire?
200
The only person who knew what the beast really was and suffered because of the truth.
Who is Simon?
300
He discovered that the beast was actually just a dead pilot.
Who is Simon?
300
It represents the boys only hope of being rescued.
What is the signal fire?
300
A typical character such as the hero, the villain, or the outcast that can found in many different texts.
What is an archetype (archetypal character?)
300
It represents a microcosm of the world.
What is the island?
300
The Lord of the Flies (symbolic of Beelzebub) is actually this.
What is a dead pig's head?
400
He killed Piggy by rolling a rock onto him.
Who is Roger?
400
Representation of the way that Jack is allowed to be freed from himself.
What is the mask/war paint?
400
The part of the text where plot lines become untangled.
What is the resolution?
400
It represents the destructive force of man (on nature).
What is the scar?
400
The significance behind "Roger has sharpened a stick with boy ends."
What is how Roger plans on killing Ralph, like the pig that the boys killed?
500
He appeared at the end of the novel, and the boys wept.
What is a naval officer?
500
They represent the followers of Beelzebub.
What are the "flies"?
500
When a person or item has a deeper meaning than the thing that it is.
What is symbolism?
500
It represents safety, games, and communication.
What is the beach?
500
This is the reason Piggy wants to visit Jack's tribe in the end.
What is he wants to get his glasses back?
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