Word: symbolisme
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The first play, The Center, suffers from contrived symbolism. Six people in pink union suits prance around the stage admiring an invisible object. These people, I presume can either represent a deluded mob believing in false gods or a group that has found true religion.
The final piece as a sharp contrast to the symbolism of the first and the morality of the second is both superficial and amusing. This fantasy Smith: A Masque by Alison Lurie describes the dilemna of a young graduate who must choose a life's work. The graduate played by...
This suggests perhaps that the Poets need not wrap themselves in musty cloaks of symbolism and obscure verbiage to place their audiences since Eberhardt's social drama and Miss Lurie's fantacy were both successful for the Poet's' Theater and entertaining for its spectators.
When the artist saw the reproduction of a sketch for Diego Rivera's new mural. The Nightmare of War and the Dream of Peace (TIME, March 17), he was angered by the symbolism that glorified Russia and derided the U.S. Translating his wrath into action, he picked up brush...
Right after his reference to Harvard, Kimpton said that "The University community should have some traditionalism, some symbolism. We've gone too far the other way and overdone the intellectual side."