Blogpost #4 Symbol/Theme

Symbols and Themes are also parts of a novel, play, or poem that use certain objects, places, events, and even characters to help portray some certain part of a novel or play that is repeated several times and the author wants to put emphasis on that certain object because the author wants to point out its importance. The Author sort of challenges and tricks the reader into finding certain themes or objects in a novel and play and the author wants to basically see if a reader can point out them. Symbols can be a wide variety of things such as a rose in The Scarlet Letter or a dagger in Hamlet. Also, symbols could connect with setting because a symbol could be a setting of a play. For example in Hamlet, Shakespeare makes the setting of Denmark act like a symbol for Hamlet the character by personifying Denmark as a home for Hamlet that has been corrupted with the new arrival of King Claudius. Shakespeare makes the setting the symbol to challenge the reader into figuring out whether the setting could be a symbol or not. Shakespeare has many tricks and challenges to the reader in all of his works. The theme of a novel or play is a little bit more complicated because it discusses the summed up version of a novel or play. The theme is basically like a symbol because it is repeated through out the play or novel but it isn't easy to find. Also, different people may not be able to pick out the same theme for the novel or play. A theme is an emphasis on some aspect of a novel or play that is repeated and it is emphasized through the diction and dialogue.