Determine whether the following symbols are universal or contextual. In "The Nightingale and the Rose,"
Oscar Wilde uses a red rose as a symbol for love. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses a mockingbird as a symbol for innocence.
In A Little Princess, Frances Hodgson Burnett uses hot buns as a symbol for the connection between the main character and a poor street child.
In "The Water of Life," the Brothers Grimm use water as a symbol for life.
Answer:
In Amy Tan's "Rules of the Game," the mood is preeminently one of tension. This tension is caused not by suspense or secrecy but by the conflict (generally unspoken) between Waverly and her mother.
Inferred you are referring to literary work.
Explanation:
Note that the writer uses the forest to paint how one would actually feel if one is alone in the forest, using the castle tower room gives the reader the idea about feeling unsafe in a seemingly safe place.
The symbolic significance of the forest setting tells us that the speaker may either be dreaming and as such be in an unconscious state of mind.
Thus, the speaker is frightened to the core because of his perceived ordeal in place of isolation–the forest.
