A symbol is something which as well as being itself also stands for something else, eg the Union Jack flag is an object made of wood and cloth but it is also a symbol of Britain. Symbols can be ...

which also makes them a powerful symbol of death. In the Bible, the name of the demon Beelzebub – sometimes thought to be the Devil himself – can be translated as the Lord of the Flies ...

"Lord of the Flies" opened my eyes to the power of symbolism. Every conch shell, every fire, every mask held weight. It convinced me that children's literature is capable of having depth and ...

The novel Lord of the Flies attempts to interpret man ... sound and fury that the viewer almost expects to see the label "symbol," rather than a flash of lightning, streak across the sky.

William Golding's Lord of the Flies is an anguished meditation on ... and inform the intended teenage audience (violence, action, symbolism, lots of plot) while providing an absorbing evening ...