Word: symbolisme
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Arnold Toynbee calls himself a Christian. His works are drenched with Christian symbolism, terminology and theology. He often seems to speak with deep Christian fervor. Yet his beliefs fit into no Christian orthodoxy. He is not a Christian in any strict sense of the word.
The gentle smile that flickered over Hirohito's bespectacled face gave no indication that he was anything but pleased at the democratic display. The celestial mystique that Japan's U.S. -dictated Constitution sought to destroy had been replaced by a new mystique; Hirohito's 18-day tour...
As a former victim of IFD (Idealization-Frustration-Demoralization) and a former student of Semanticist S. I. Hayakawa, allow me to offer a ... realistic bravo for your article [July 12] expressing his thoughts on popular song lyrics ... It may help offset the frustration and demoralization that are so prevalent these...
The irony goes deep-deeper sometimes than the author can smelt it. Machado was occasionally a careless workman: his characters often come tumbling into view piecemeal-so many arms, fears, eyes, legs, longings, that the reader must assemble them as he can. The symbolism of the dog with the same...
In the second half of the opera, the symbolism gets thicker: Columbus' shadow and conscience appear. At one point, Columbus I and II (a baritone and a basso, respectively) clasp each other and vow to be together in death, and the finale finds a general movement towards paradise as...