Thursday, February 15, 2007

In-Class Discussion of "Young Goodman Brown" and Symbols

Simile

Her eyes were beautiful like the universe had come to life and the light shone through her eyes alone.

The fly buzzed around the room like a thundering military helicopter searching for it’s enemies.

The professor’s voice sounded like a piccolo, piercing my eardrums and causing my eyes to twitch nervously.

She slept on the sofa like an elephant with a sinus infection.

Metaphor

Her eyes were a pool of forgiveness.

The professor’s voice is a thundering train racing at my ears.

His skin was an old western easy chair: used, loved, and worn.

The wind is a hostile warning of a hive of bees that the eye of the storm is nearing.

Symbols


Flag, Rose, 4-leaf clover, hearts, snakes…

Allegory


“Faith”…obvious tooling of words to show meaning in story
“Young Goodman Brown”
Pink ribbon
Sunset/night
Snake staff
Forest
Father and son
Wild beasts

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