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Symbolism In ‘Lord of the
         Flies’
        The Beast



              Adam Rowe &
                       Scott Howlett
‘Beast in the air’
 In ‘The lord of the flies’ there is a imaginary beast that frightens
  all the boys, this stands for the savagery that exists within them
  all.

 The boys are afraid of the beast, but only Simon understands
   that they fear the beast because it exists within each of them.

 As the boys grow more savage, their belief in the beast grows
  stronger. By the end of the novel, the boys are leaving it
  sacrifices and treating it as a totemic god. The boys’ behaviour
  is what brings the beast into existence, so the more savagely
  the boys act, the more real the beast seems to become.
Simon Symbolises Beast
• It acts as a symbol of the evil
• Simon is a figure who symbolises Satan.
• When Simon has his fit, the Lord of the Flies says to him, “I’m the
  beast.”
• When Ralph smashes the skull, he only widens its smile, “now six
  feet across” as it lies “grinning at the sky.” This thing just won’t die,
  and it torments Ralph so much because it “knows all the answers
  and won’t tell.”
• But while the beast is in fact literally a man, that’s not what Simon
  means when he says that it is “only us.” He’s talking about the beast
  being the darkness that is inside each and every one of us. If this is
  true, then, as the Lord of the Flies later suggests, it is absurd to
  think that the beast is something “you could hunt and kill.” If it’s
  inside all of us, not only can’t we hunt it, but we can never see it,
  never give it form, and never defeat it.
Useful Quotes

There isn't anyone to help you. Only me. And I’m
  the Beast… Fancy thinking the Beast was
  something you could hunt and kill!... You knew,
  didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, Close, Close!
  I’m the reason why its no go? Why things are the
  way they are.
The half shut eyes were dimmed with infinite
  cynicism of adult life. They assured Simon that
  everything was a bad business.
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Symbolism in ‘lord of the flies’

  • 1. Symbolism In ‘Lord of the Flies’ The Beast Adam Rowe & Scott Howlett
  • 2. ‘Beast in the air’  In ‘The lord of the flies’ there is a imaginary beast that frightens all the boys, this stands for the savagery that exists within them all.  The boys are afraid of the beast, but only Simon understands that they fear the beast because it exists within each of them.  As the boys grow more savage, their belief in the beast grows stronger. By the end of the novel, the boys are leaving it sacrifices and treating it as a totemic god. The boys’ behaviour is what brings the beast into existence, so the more savagely the boys act, the more real the beast seems to become.
  • 3. Simon Symbolises Beast • It acts as a symbol of the evil • Simon is a figure who symbolises Satan. • When Simon has his fit, the Lord of the Flies says to him, “I’m the beast.” • When Ralph smashes the skull, he only widens its smile, “now six feet across” as it lies “grinning at the sky.” This thing just won’t die, and it torments Ralph so much because it “knows all the answers and won’t tell.” • But while the beast is in fact literally a man, that’s not what Simon means when he says that it is “only us.” He’s talking about the beast being the darkness that is inside each and every one of us. If this is true, then, as the Lord of the Flies later suggests, it is absurd to think that the beast is something “you could hunt and kill.” If it’s inside all of us, not only can’t we hunt it, but we can never see it, never give it form, and never defeat it.
  • 4. Useful Quotes There isn't anyone to help you. Only me. And I’m the Beast… Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!... You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, Close, Close! I’m the reason why its no go? Why things are the way they are. The half shut eyes were dimmed with infinite cynicism of adult life. They assured Simon that everything was a bad business.