1. What is Symbolism

2. What is Symbolism ???

3. Sounds intimidating

4. It has that scary “ism” on the end

5. Like organism polytheism communism anthropomorphism

6. Is symbolism complicated?

7. No

8. We have used symbols from the beginning

9. We have used symbols from the beginning

10. We have used symbols from the beginning

11. We use symbols everyday

12. We use symbols everyday

13. We use symbols everyday

14. We use symbols everyday

15. And some are used so often that they become almost universal

16. Like this

17. Like this

18. And these

19. And these

20. And these

21. And even this

22. And even this

38. What about these images?

39. What about these images?

40. What about these images?

41. What about these images?

42. In concrete terms, they are:

46. What abstract ideas do they represent?

61. Symbolism in Literature

62. is similar

73. So, when you are reading