Symbolism
The hero symbol in many classic western movies
What is a white cowboy hat?
All I want to do is sound like Queen B
Who is Beyonce?
The ghost town in these song lyrics symbolize...
"And now I know my heart is a ghost town
My heart is a ghost town
My heart is a ghost town
My heart is a ghost town"
"Ghost Town" by: Adam Lambert
What is loneliness/ emptiness?
The one major weakness that leads to one's eventual downfall
What is Achilles Heel?
Acknowledge the symbols and what they mean in "To the Moon" by Percy Bysshe Shelley
"Art thou pale for weariness
Of climbing heaven and gazing on the earth,
Wandering companionless
Among the stars that have a different birth, —
And ever changing, like a joyless eye
That finds no object worth its constancy?"
What is the moon?
The moon symbolizes loneliness and unrequited love
You're young, scrappy, and hungry
What is Hamilton?
This Shakespearean work is alluded to in Taylor Swift's "Love Story"
"That you were _____, you were throwing pebbles and my daddy said 'Stay away from _____'"
What is Romeo and Juliet?
"That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles and my daddy said 'Stay away from Juliet'"
Greed, envy, hatred, pain, disease, hunger, poverty, war, and death
Hope is all that remained inside
What is Pandora's box?
Acknowledge the symbols and what they mean in "My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold" by William Wordsworth
"My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began;
So is it now I am a man;
So be it when I shall grow old,
Or let me die!
The Child is father of the Man;
And I could wish my days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety."
What is the rainbow?
The rainbow symbolizes hope and childish wonder
I wish I could just click my heels
What is The Wizard of Oz?
The pocket full of sunshine in these song lyrics symbolize...
"I got a pocket, got a pocketful of sunshine
I got a love and I know that it’s all mine
Oh, oh, oh oh
Do what you want but you’re never gonna break me
Sticks and stones are never gonna shake me, oh, oh oh oh"
"Pocket Full of Sunshine" by: Natasha Bedingfield
What is happiness/ happiness that nobody can take away?
Any job or task that's extremely difficult or calls for enormous strength
What are Herculean tasks?
Acknowledge the symbols and what they mean in Robert Frost's "Fire and Ice"
"Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice."
What is fire & ice?
The fire symbolizes destructive and consuming emotions (jealousy, desire for power, anger)
The ice symbolizes destructive and withholding emotions (hate, indifference, loneliness, and isolation)
Today might be the Ides of March
What is Rome/ Shakespeare's Julius Caesar?
This weakening substance is alluded to in One Direction's "One Story"
"Shot me out of the sky, you're my __________, you keep making me weak yeah frozen and can't speak."
What is kryptonite?
"Shot me out of the sky, you're my kryptonite, you keep making me weak yeah frozen and can't speak."
Arrow of Love
Who is Cupid?
Acknowledge the symbols and what they mean in
"Crossing alone the nighted ferry
With the one coin for fee,
Whom, on the wharf of Lethe waiting,
Count you to find? Not me."
What is the ferry?
The ferry symbolizes death
SHHH
I'm listening to the king
Who is Elvis?
The titanium in these song lyrics symbolize...
"Ricochet, you take your aim
Fire away, fire away
You shoot me down but I won’t fall, I am titanium
You shoot me down but I won’t fall
I am titanium, I am titanium, I am titanium, I am titanium"
"Titanium" by: David Guetta
What is toughness?
Carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders
Who is Atlas?