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Jul 2 2009, 1:38 AM EDT by
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This is an amazing site for symbolism. It is several pages long describing different types of symbolism (religious, mathematical, political, etc). It also gives many examples of symbolism in common books. I find it reliable because it is posted on the website for a school.
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Resource 17
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Jul 2 2009, 1:34 AM EDT by
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I really like this resource and I actually used it for a different literary term. It is reliable because it was written by an esteemed college professor. This provides a lengthy definition of symbol as well as every other literary term you can think of.
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Jul 1 2009, 5:29 PM EDT by
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I did not find this source to be very helpful because the definition was so brief but could have been made much easier to understand. It also did not include examples. This source has an author but I did not see anything that gave him authority to create this dictionary.
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Jul 1 2009, 5:26 PM EDT by
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I found this source to be informative because it clearly laid out a definition of symbol which makes it easier to discover symbolism when analyzing a text. This source is credible because it comes from an accredited Encyclopedia and is purely for educational purposes.
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Resource #13
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Jun 30 2009, 10:52 PM EDT by
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" literary symbol means more than what it is. It has layers of meanings. Whereas an image has one meaning, a symbol has many." I found this comment particularly interesting regards to symbolism that symbols can have more than one meaning in a text. A very good resource and credible.
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Resource #11
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Jun 30 2009, 10:51 PM EDT by
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" A person, object, image, word, or event that evokes a range of additional meaning beyond and usually more abstract than its literal significance. " an excellent resource from a credible source. Very short not too much detail but enough to confidently know a bit about symbolism.
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Resource 13
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Jun 29 2009, 9:31 PM EDT by
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“A literary symbol means more than what it is. It has layers of meanings. Whereas an image has one meaning, a symbol has many.” This is helpful to remember when considering the difference between imagery and symbolism. Imagery is more literal than symbolism. Symbolism has more than one meaning, as opposed to imagery.
I like how the definition goes further. “It is easy to ‘run wild’ with symbols - to find symbols everywhere. The ability to interpret symbols is essential to the full understanding and enjoyment of literature.” It then lists tips for recognizing symbolism.
I agree that this site is credible because it is part of a university project.
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Jun 29 2009, 8:55 PM EDT by
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This is a great site. I was lost browsing all the terms! It is also credible because it is hosted by a university professor. I recommend this source.
Concerning symbolism, the description of the two types is helpful. There are universal symbols, like skulls for death, that all readers recognize despite their culture. Then there are symbols created by the author. The reader becomes familiar with the “world” in the book and, by doing so, they come to recognize something as symbolic.
I also like the description of a symbol as “embodying an idea.” It is a helpful way to think of it.
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Resource #11
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Jun 27 2009, 10:07 PM EDT by
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Although brief, this website pointed out the key facts about setting. It outlined what encompassed the setting, how it can be used to evoke certain moods, and also provided a useful example. This is a credible website because it is a very well known academic literary dictionary. However, I don’t believe that it was cited correctly on our wiki page.
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Jun 27 2009, 10:07 PM EDT by
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I think this resource gives a very good definition of what a symbol is. However, it described symbol as more of a general term rather than as it can be applied to literature. Regardless, I think this wiki was very helpful and a good resource for preliminary research.
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Resource 14
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Jul 5 2008, 3:14 AM EDT by
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PBS is a very credible web site, and it makes things really easy to understand. I liked how the page was directed toward setting in a literary way.
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Resource 11
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Jul 5 2008, 3:13 AM EDT by
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This site was useful because the terms were based on literary words.. so the definitions were the ones we needed. I wish they explained a little more thoguh.
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Jul 1 2008, 2:37 AM EDT by
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I like the pictures in this one and I also like that the definition gives examples as to the different types of symbols that exist.
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Jul 1 2008, 2:35 AM EDT by
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This is a lot like the website I used for my literary terms. It has pretty much every word you could think of related to literature and its meaning. I love it!
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Jun 30 2008, 7:01 PM EDT by
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They give defintions. I don't know why you would want anything more complicated!
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Jun 30 2008, 12:34 AM EDT by
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I notice that although this resource comes from Wikipedia, the posting mentions that the Wikipedia defintion of symbol matches definitions given elsewhere. It is a good practice to verify sources that may be questionable, which was done here. This gives the source more credibility.
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Resource 11
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Jun 30 2008, 12:32 AM EDT by
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I found this resource to be very informative. It defined symbol in a literary sense but also provided various examples of symbols in literature. Since the symbolism can be difficult to interpret, these examples demonstrated how an interpretation may be applied. I would have liked to see something similar to this symbol interpretation in the posting about the resource.
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Jun 25 2008, 4:53 PM EDT by
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1. This resource gives the defintion to symbol and gives an example of a sword being a sword and symbolizing justice. This site also gives the two main categories as universal and constructed and gives examples of each. I found this very useful and a little different then mine because it broke the term down.
4. This source was packed full of information with links to personal symbol, cultural symbol and contexual symbol. It even had a worksheet to give you a broader understanding of the difference of allegory and symbol. Allegories are symbolic statement about political, spiritual or psychological truth. Very good source with tons of information.
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Jun 16 2008, 4:11 PM EDT by
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6: I liked this source. I thought it was useful because it provided the origin of the word and provided a simple example. I am not certain that this is a necessarily credible source though, as it was posted by a student, and her grammar is a bit lacking, so it makes me a bit cautious about the information.
7: This source provides little information on symbols as they relate to literature, however it does provide a good idea of symbols as in pictures and letters that stand for something. I am cautious about wiki information, because anyone can post, but this information does seem basically well researched. I would take it as a starting point.
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