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1. www.enotes.com › topics › old-man-and-the-seaSantiago's Dreams and Their Symbolism in The Old Man and the Sea

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   Oct 4, 2024 · In The Old Man and the Sea, Santiago's dreams symbolize his subconscious thoughts and desires. His first dream about porpoises reflects his anticipation of the marlin's actions. The second...

2. www.litcharts.com › symbols › birdsBirds Symbol in Chronicle of a Death Foretold - LitCharts

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   Like flowers, birds and references to birds appear throughout the text, often to a somewhat ambiguous effect. Santiago Nasar dreams of birds the night before his murder, and Plácida Linero fails to recognize this as a bad omen.

3. www.coursehero.com › symbolsChronicle of a Death Foretold Symbols - Course Hero

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   The book opens with an epigraph about falconry: "The pursuit of love is like falconry." Santiago Nasaris a falconer, and his fate may reflect the falcon's pursuit of prey. In the novella falconry even more closely represents fate and how arbitrary and lethal it might be. People who own falcons train the birds to hunt and then enjoy a rather grisly ...

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   The bishop symbolizes unattainable holiness and morality. These characteristics condemn him because he ignores these characteristics in his dealings with the townspeople. The bishop affects a religious superiority to the townspeople who, in his eyes, are so sinful they are unworthy of even the touch of his foot on town land. If, as the Church teach...

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   As symbols, elements of the natural world—especially flowers, birds, and trees—appear in the novella with situational irony (when what is expected to happen is the opposite of what happens). Flowers most often represent death or human detachment from brutal killing. Pedro Vicario and Pablo Vicariogive their pigs the names of flowers, for this makes...

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4. www.enotes.com › topics › chronicle-death-foretoldWhat does the tree dream at the start of Chronicle of a Death ...

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   The tree dream at the start signifies Santiago Nasar's impending change in fortune and foreshadows his death. Initially, the dream reflects his carefree life, but his feeling...

5. www.supersummary.com › symbols-and-motifsChronicle of a Death Foretold Symbols & Motifs | SuperSummary

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   The day after the wedding, Santiago wakes up with a sore head. He has had little rest but, during his short time asleep, his dreams were filled with birds and trees. As Santiago’s mother Plácida explains, Santiago often dreams about trees.

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   Birds. Like flowers, birds and references to birds appear throughout the text, often to a somewhat ambiguous effect. Santiago Nasar dreams of birds the night before his murder, and Plácida Linero fails to recognize this… read analysis of Birds

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   What does a bird symbolize in Santiago's dream?

   • In other places in the story, flowers are referenced as key elements of funerals, or their scent makes a character think of death. The symbolism of birds is more ambiguous. Most likely birds represent omens of ill fortune. In some cases, as in Santiago's dream, they are clearly an evil omen.

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   What does a bird symbolize in a dream?

   • The symbolism of birds is more ambiguous. Most likely birds represent omens of ill fortune. In some cases, as in Santiago's dream, they are clearly an evil omen. That Santiago owns a falcon may represent this bird of prey as a bringer of arbitrary death. Trees are also ambiguous and changing symbols, and they occur mainly in dreams.

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   Why does Santiago Nasar have a dream about birds?

   • Santiago Nasar dreams about birds the night before his murder. The connection between birds and omens in the novel situates it within the tradition of Greek tragedy, where augurs or prophets read the future by watching birds move across the sky. Santiago also raises falcons.

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   What did Santiago dream about?

   • He tells his mother about the dreams but she is unable to foresee what they truly meant. In the first dream Santiago was moving through a grove of trees where it was drizzling lightly. In that moment he felt happy, however the happiness was short lived because when he woke up he found himself spattered with bird poop.

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   What does the figure of birds symbolize?

   • The figure of birds, like the figure of flowers, is meant to both emphasize and bridge the disparate—but perhaps not so disparate—realms of love and violence in 'Chronicle of a Death Foretold'. The text quotes several instances below that all refer to the symbol of Birds.

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   What is the significance of symbols in a dream?

   • In 'Chronicle of a Death Foretold', symbols are objects, characters, figures, and colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts. We learn that both the narrator's and Santiago Nasar's mothers interpret symbols from dreams. However, the overall importance or significance of symbols in the novel is not clearly linked to any other concept or idea that informs the work as a whole.

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   Symbols are objects, characters, figures, and colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts. We learn that both the narrator's and Santiago Nasar's mothers interpret symbols from dreams, but the overall importance or significance of symbols in the novel is never clearly linked to any other concept or idea that informs the work as a whole.