Directly stated, through the characters actions, through another characters speech
<span>Melville’s description of Ahab’s scar in this excerpt from ''Moby ick'' best develops the theme of: the ruling of man's present by his past wounds. This excerpt clearly shows that the scar that character attained in the past still has an influence on his life. The character feels the presence of the scar as if it was freshly got, and all this descriptive language stands as a metaphor of symbolic meaning of people's scars in their life and fate.<span>
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The conch comes to symbolize, c) order and civilization.
Mary Cassatt's painting usually depicted domestic setting, Of a world Mary was restricted ( since she was more of a respectible woman.) She often combined certain influences of japanese art along with some of her own. I guess her meaning changed every few paintings. For example "The Childs Bath" its said it shows "the Dignity of motherhood"
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