Symbolism Basics
What is a symbol?
What is something that means what it is and something more?
What do the two roads literally represent?
What is two paths in a wood?
What is an allegory?
What is a narrative or description with a second meaning beneath the surface?
In WALL-E, what does the plant symbolize?
What is Hope for Earth’s recovery?
How is a symbol different from a metaphor?
What is a symbol works literally and figuratively at once?
What do the two roads symbolize?
What is choices between alternatives in life?
How does allegory differ from symbolism?
What is an allegory has more fixed, specific meanings?
In Moana, what does the ocean symbolize throughout the movie?
What is adventure, exploration, and discovering one’s identity?
Why can symbols have many possible meanings?
What is their meanings are often general and open-ended?
Why is the speaker unable to travel both roads, and what does this represent beyond the literal situation?
What is he must choose one path, representing how life requires us to make choices and leave alternatives behind?
Which type usually has a one-to-one correspondence between details and meanings?
In The Hunger Games, what does the mockingjay symbolize?
What is Rebellion and hope?
What should readers use to determine the limits of a symbol's meaning?
What is the context and facts of the poem?
Where does the speaker find himself at the beginning of the poem?
What is in a yellow wood, standing at a fork in the road?
In a story, a dove repeatedly appears whenever a character experiences peace or hope. Is the dove a symbol or an allegory?
What is a symbol?
What real-world issue does WALL-E allegorically explore?
What is environmental destruction and consumerism?
What is the danger of “symbol-hunting” in poetry?
What is seeing symbolic meaning where the poem does not support it?
What does the speaker do before choosing a road?
What is he looks down one road as far as he can see?
A story follows a group of animals who overthrow their farmer, establish their own government, and eventually become controlled by pigs who resemble the humans they replaced. Is this primarily a symbol or an allegory?
What is allegory?
What does Animal Farm allegorically represent?
What is The Russian Revolution and rise of Stalinism?