Word: symbolisme
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Yeats does much more than retell these legends; he loads them with the iconography of his mystical theory of the cycles of history and the phases of the moon and with symbolism too rich for simple explanation. Because of their roots in Irish legend, Yeats's plays have never proved...
Ever since King Kong aged enough to be a "classic," aficionados have argued over its implicit motifs. Kong's fall from the world's largest phallic symbol has led some to term the film a parable of unfulfilled sexuality. Others, noting his blackness and her whiteness, have damned the movie...
Nothing could mar the coverage of the landing at Peking's airport. Undramatic in itself, the event nonetheless had something of the excitement of the first landing on the moon. Would the Chinese roll out a red carpet? Would Chou ride in the President's car? The symbolism...
But De Sica could also make less promising films. During the later 50's and 60's his art degenerated into trite moralistic statements that crossed the fine line between his somberly human neo-Realism and the more impersonal symbolism of documentaries-with-a-message. As for the Liberal Catholic...
Sir / How frightening it is to have a mummy in the White House. The symbolism of your cover picture cries out for interpretation. Not a life-and-blood Nixon but a memorial of the most perishable claim to fame as well as notoriety -the daily headlines.