Symbols (Grade 12 NSC Matric English HL): Flashcards
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Symbols in literature represent
Symbols in literature represent
Abstract ideas/concepts beyond literal meaning
Yorick's skull symbolises
Yorick's skull symbolises
Death's inevitability & body disintegration
When/where Yorick's skull appears in Hamlet
When/where Yorick's skull appears in Hamlet
Act 5, Scene 1 (graveyard)
Who was Yorick
Who was Yorick
The king's former jester
When Ophelia distributes flowers
When Ophelia distributes flowers
Act 5, Scene 5 (during her madness)
Rosemary & pansies symbolise (Ophelia's flowers)
Rosemary & pansies symbolise (Ophelia's flowers)
Remembrance & thoughts
Rue symbolises in Ophelia's flowers
Rue symbolises in Ophelia's flowers
Bitterness & repentance
Ophelia's flowers represent overall
Ophelia's flowers represent overall
Loss of innocence & corruption of virtue
Hamlet's black clothing symbolises
Hamlet's black clothing symbolises
Grief for father & rejection of Claudius's court
Why Hamlet appears dishevelled to Ophelia
Why Hamlet appears dishevelled to Ophelia
To appear mad as part of revenge strategy