Symbols in Literature

What is a symbol? How are they used in literature? How can you interpret them and how do they relate to theme? Take a minute to learn more here!
What is a symbol? How are they used in literature? How can you interpret them and how do they relate to theme? Take a minute to learn more here!
A flag does not represent freedom.
This is great. But I’ll have to disagree with step one of recognizing
symbols because sometimes in a text the symbol only happens once. If I were
to give my students the instruction of looking for that particular symbol
multiple times, they would skip over so many singular symbolic events.