Symbols and Allegory

What is a symbol?

• An object with meaning attached.
•  An event with meaning attached.
• An animal with meaning attached.
• All of the above.

Symbols can represent...

• ...abstract concepts.

• ...layers of meaning.

• ...something other than the object itself.

• ...All of the above.

Two TYPES of allegories are...

• ...prose and poetry

• ...Romeo and Juliet.

• ...parables and fables.

Allegories are heavy in ...

• Symbolism

• Irony

• Satire

• All of the above

When writing an allegory, you should first come up with...

• The surface story

• The hidden story

• Symbolic connections

• Any of the above