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Symbolism
Symbols and their meanings
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English
12th Grade
11/10/2008

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Red
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immoral, the color of life principle, blood, emotion, danger, daring, often associated with fire
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Black
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seen as cold and negative aspect suggesting passivity, death, ignorance, evil; black hens and black cats used in witchcraft
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White
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Innocence, life, light, purity, or enlightenment
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Green
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inexperience, hope, new life, immaturity, a combination of blue and yellow, comforting, refreshing, plant life
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Yellow
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heat, maturity, rotting, decay, violence, decrepitude, old age, approach of death
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Blue
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cool, calm, peaceful
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Pink
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innocence, femininity
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Purple
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royalty, bruising or pain
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Brown
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earth, plowed land and soil, represents humility and poverty
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Orange
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point of balance between the spirit and the libido, emblem of divine love or extreme lust
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violet
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color of temperance, clarity of mind, and deliberate action
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spring
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birth, new beginning
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summer
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maturity, knowledge
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autumn
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decline, nearing death, growing old
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winter
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death, sleep, hibernation or stagnation
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Christmas season
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birth, change for the better
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Easter Season
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rebirth, enlightenment
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Light
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truth, safety, warmth, knowledge
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Darkness
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evil, ignorance, danger
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trees
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line of demarcation, darkness, symbols of life, constantly developing and rising to the heavens
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apple tree
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temptation, fruit is the key to the knowledge of good and evil, loss of innocence
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chestnut tree
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symbol of foresight, strength
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oak tree
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symbol of strength
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pear tree
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pear blossom sometimes linked as a symbol of mourning, usually a symbol of the fleeting nature of life
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poplar tree
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strongly linked to the underworld, to pain, to sacrifice, grief, a funeral tree, symbolizes the regressive powers of nature
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sycamore tree
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sign of vanity and to climb it is to trust in vain things
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pine tree
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symbol of immorality because of its evergreen foliage and the incorruptible nature of its resin
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weeds
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evil, wildness/outcasts of society
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flowers
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beauty, strength, gentleness
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anemone
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symbolizes transience
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chysanthemum
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solar symbol, represents perfection, represents ease after labor of harvest, can signify strength
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rose
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budding youth, romance, potential, fragility, symbolizes rising from primeval waters to blossom above them, in Christianity may be either that chalice into which Christ's blood flowed or the symbol of his wounds
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sunflower
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sturdiness, strength
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violet
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shyness, something petite
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lily
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evoke unlawful passions, temptations or the Gates of Hell, in Bible is a symbol of election of one's choice
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water
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purity, washes away guilt, origin of life, maintenance of life black water= death, source of life, vehicle of cleansing and a center of regeneration
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river
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running water represents both universal potentiality and the fluidity of forms, stream of life and death
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moon
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symbolizes both the changing shape and the return to the same shape, image of paradise to Muslims, watery principle and the feminine
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sun
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source of light, heat, and life, a masculine symbol, a symbol of a monarch as the heart of the empire
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cavern
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serves as an archetype of the maternal womb, the greeks believe the cavern represents the world
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mountain
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places where heaven and earth meet, provide stability, changelessness,and safety, indicates human pride
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rubies
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represents good fortune, believed they banished sorrow, restrained lust, warded off evil thoughts
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sapphires
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carry the soul to heavenly contemplation, represent purity and the enlightening power of the kingdom of god
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silver
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relates to the moon, to water, and the female principle, symbolize the object of all desires and the harm they cause
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pearl
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associated with water, regarded as symbols of knowledge and wealth
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east
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land of birth or rebirth, sun and venus, associated with renewal, youth, feasting, song and love
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north
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side which lies on the sun's right hand and lies on either side of life, symbolizes night sky and night wind, and is the home of the moon and the milky way, its color is black, represents coldness, alienation, hostility, abode of evil and satan
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south
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side that lies on the sun's left hand and is the land of fire, warmth, comfort
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west
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land of evening, old age, descending passage of the sun
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snow
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blanket which obscures, covers, or even smothers
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fog/mist
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prevents clear vision or thinking, represents isolation, mist is often symbol of the indeterminate phase in development when shapes have yet to be defines, preludes to important revelations or prologues to manifestations
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rain
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sadness or despair or new life, a symbol of celestial influences the earth recieves
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wind and storms
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violent human emotions
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lightning
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indicates the spark of life and the powers of fertilization, can be either life-giving or death-dealing, so it is a sign of power and strength
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morning
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time of god's blessings, begginig when all is still uncorrupted, a symbol of birth and purity
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rainbows
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intermediaries and pathways between heaven and earth, mostly are generally heralds of good and are linked with cycles of rebirth, they may also serve as prologues to disturbance
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thunder
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the voice of God or gods
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dove
Definition
purity, peace, simplicity
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fox
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slyness, cleverness
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raven
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death, destruction, often play prophetic roles or function as a conductorof the soul
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lion
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a solar symbol, power, pride
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peacock
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pride, vanity
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serpent
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temptation, evil
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mouse
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shyness meekness
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hawk
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predation, keen eyesight
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snake
Definition
evil temptation
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owl
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wisdom, rational knowledge, messenger of death
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salmon
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instinct, sacred wisdom
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cats
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viewed as servants of the underworld, symbolize cunning, forethought, and ingenuity
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lamb
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first lamb is power of spring and renewal, sacrificial victim for Jews, and Muslims, symbolize children of god
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cuckoo
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symbolism jealousy and parasitism because it lays eggs in the nest of other birds, also shows laziness
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ankle
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if slender, suggest more intimate parts of anatomy along with potential skill and refinements in making love
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blood
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integral qualities of fire and heat and vitality inherent in the sun, corresponds to vital and bodily heat
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bones
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represent both the framework of the human body and strength and virtue
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hands
Definition
strength or weakness
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eyes
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windows to the soul or barometer of emotions
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mouth
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indicator of character traits
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knee
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seat of political power, main seat of bodily strength
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right and left
Definition
to look to one's right hand is to look to the protector, this is the place of the elect at the Last Judgement, the damned will go to the left, to Hell
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cape
Definition
celestial and ascendant symbolism, World Axis, dwelling of God, whoever wrapped in cloak acquires air, shape, face of whomsoever he wishes as long as he wears it, symbol of the changes wrought by human trickery and the different personalities which humans may assume, symbolizes a withdrawal into oneself or into God
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cloak
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symbol of human trickery, and the different personalities humans can assume
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mask
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externalize demonic tendencies
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chain
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symbolizes the bond which connect heaven and earth or ties together two extremes or beings
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cask
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wealth and pleasure
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key
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power and authority in letting in and shutting out
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ladder
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ascension and realization of potential
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mirror
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solar symbol, unbroken means happy marriage
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scythe
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a symbol of death
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sickle
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harvest cycle, self-renewing, death, hope of rebirth
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tower of Babel
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confusion, human pride, resulted in multiple languages
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journey
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quest for truth, peace, immorality, serves as a metaphor for life
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ichabod crane
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legs like a crane
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young goodman brown
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all good young men
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arthur dimmesdale
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sins "dimmed" or obscured in "dale"
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holden caulfield
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"holding" onto childhood wants to stand in the middle of a "field" and "call" out to the children to prevent them falling over the "crazy cliff"
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ward stradlater
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holden's roomate who will straddle girls later
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Mr. McChoakumchild
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teacher in Dicken's Hard Times
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the forest
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usually a place of evil or mystery
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an isolated setting
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alienation, loneliness, or provincial thinking
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a garden
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paradise of a haven
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a park
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a place for retreat and renewal
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the town
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place where rules are observed, people are on their best behaivior
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