Symbol

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 * Definition:: **
 * * A thing that represents or stands for something else, esp. a material object representing something abstract
 * A mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process
 * The object used to represent can been seen by the eye while its meaning cannot. IE: a dove as a symbol for peace, or the apple in Adam and Eve as a symbol for sin.
 * The difference between an allegory and a symbol is that an allegory is a complete narrative that conveys abstract ideas to get a point across, while a symbol is a representation of an __idea or concept__ that can have a different meaning throughout a literary work (//A Handbook to Literature//). ||

 early 15c., "creed, summary, religious belief," from L.L. symbolum "creed, token, mark," from Gk. symbolon "token, watchword" (applied c.250 by Cyprian of Carthage to the Apostles' Creed, on the notion of the "mark" that distinguishes Christians from pagans), lit.
 * Origin:: **

[Allegory] [Symbolism]
 * See also:: **

1) "So Red Riding Hood set off with her basket through the woods. Many people believed that the forest
 * Examples ** from text:

was a foreboding and dangerous place and never set foot in it. Red Riding Hood, however, was

confident enough in her own budding sexuality that such obvious Freudian imagery did not intimidate

her."  - **"Little Red Riding Hood"** James Finn Garner //Politically Correct Bedtime Stories// (1994)

2) "There's an old saying, Zill. Freedom can't be given, only earned."- **"The Pride of Baghdad"** Brian K. Vaughan //Vertigo// (2006)

< A story in which the freedom of the lions works as a symbol to represent Operation Iraqi freedom. Being gunned down by US soldiers a symbol of the price of freedom. The lions themselves are a symbol of the Iraqi people.>

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