Word: symbolics
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...double-edged sword. It's not just a snake he has to overcome but a snake summoned by [the evil wizard] Voldemort's memory. Over and over in these medieval mystery morality plays, it's the memory of our sinfulness that we must overcome. The phoenix--a classic symbol of Christ, who dies and rises again--comes to help him. He kills the serpent, then in a moment quite shocking--I'm surprised Hollywood left it in--the phoenix weeps in his wound to heal him. That's a classic symbol of Christ's passion. It's Christ's tears...
...never know the full truth about the capture and rescue of Private First Class Jessica Lynch. When the American war prisoner was freed from an Iraqi hospital on April 1, she immediately became a symbol of U.S. resolve, a much needed hero in a war that seemed in danger of bogging down. Now it seems certain that media accounts of her ordeal were distorted--and the Pentagon did little to set the record straight...
...impossible to achieve peace with Chairman Arafat." Arafat's objective, by contrast, is to prove that peace is impossible without him. Washington's Arab and European allies have rebuffed U.S. and Israeli efforts to sideline Arafat altogether, recognizing that as the elected leader of the Palestinians and the longtime symbol of their national struggle, he enjoys far greater legitimacy among ordinary Palestinians than does his appointed prime minister. Among ordinary Palestinians, Abbas is viewed as an integral part of a Palestinian Authority many consider corrupt, and the impetus for his appointment is seen as coming primarily from...
...planned a surprise proposal at her church. During a morning service, a rose was placed on the altar at the beginning of the ceremony to signify a joyous event, but Forry, who thought O’Donnell would wait until after graduation to get engaged, thought nothing of the symbol. She was shocked to hear the preacher offer his congratulations on a congregation member’s engagement and see O’Donnell stroll down the aisle, clad in a tuxedo. “She was crying when she saw me,” he says...
...Saddam's home town is still a hostile place for a lone Brit or American, he felt. I wasn't really listening. My attention was drawn to the surface-to-air missiles, apparently intact, still lying by the aside of the road six weeks after the war - a disquieting symbol of U.S. inactivity and the continuing lack of stability...