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Symbols in
Poem “Rape
of the lock

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Date -
7 December 2021
Tuesday,
Time
:- 10:30
Name : Parmar Himanshi
Email id : himanshiparmar3004@gmail.com
Enrollment number : 4069206420210025
Paper number : 2 (Two)
Name of paper : Literature of neoclassical age.
Presentation topic : symbols in poem “The rape of the
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What is Symbol?
: Symbol in literature are often characters, settings, images,
seasons, weather or something eles which stand in for bigger
idea.
: Author generally use symbols to discover their work more
meaningfully and to make a story be about more than the event it
describes.
: normally symbols are used to express an emotions or
something which is more general idea. Or we can say that, there
are some words which are used in a symbolic sense, which may 3

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Common symbols in literature
1. Dove - peace
2. Rose - love,
Romance
3. Heart - love
4. Fire - knowledge,
passion
5. Key - answer,
solution of
6. Eagle - freedom
7. Darkness - fear
Horror
8. Snake - evil
9. Owl - wisdom
10. Winter - solitude,
grief, depression
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Lock of
hari
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Lock of hair symbolize female beauty.
Lock of hair, destruction of mankind.
Reason of battle.
Here, represented as women pride.
Loose of lock, symbolizes loose of
reputation
Lock became the reason of battle.
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Symbo
l of
Card
game

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1. Scene of card game in canot 3
2. Ombre symbolised between Baron and
Belinda.
3. First three cards called matadors.
4. Which symbolized as a warriors.
5. Soldier like appearance of face card.
6. Cards as a game of upperclass.
7. Ombre symbolised the trivial nature of
life at court.
8. Click to see that what type of game
ombre is. 8

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1. Two supernatural beings Sylphs
and Ariel
2. Pope took name Ariel from
Shakespeare's “The Tempest”.
3. Idea of Sylphs from French
book, “Le comts do Gabalis”.
4. Mythological characters.
5. According to mythology :
Sylphs - air
Gnome - earth
Nymphs - Water
Salamander - Fire
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Symb
ol of
star

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1. Lock turned into star.
1. Lock as a women pride or
reputation.
1. No one able to touch the sky and
the lock of hair which is now
became a star.
1. How god save her pride and
reputation by making her lock a
start.

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Thank you

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References :-
Slideshare ppt by vaidehi ma'am.
https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Th
e-Rape-of-the-Lock/symbols/