flawed red birthmark on her cheek shaped like a tiny-hand. The story provides the reader with the thoughts of each character and contrasts them with each others views of perfection and morality while adequately using symbolism throughout. Not only does Hawthorne conceal symbolism in the text but he clearly states that the birthmark is symbolic and that every living thing is flawed in some way or another while also hinting that the description of the birthmark symbolizes and foreshadows the hand of
The Irony Surrounding Symbolism Irony is a literary element that is often used in the Lord of the Flies in order to foreshadow at different aspects, events and situations between the characters and themselves. As with juxtaposition, diction and symbolism, irony plays an important role in the shaping of character development, conflicts, and the display of the main theme. The use irony evokes a deeper meaning to symbolic items and events that represent the main theme in the Lord of the Flies. The
discussing, who find themselves stranded upon a deserted island. The boys, who at first behave like well-raised English boys slowly devolve into animalistic creatures, driven to madness by their own savagery, and desire for meat. And this is exactly what Golding intended his novel to portray, because he himself actually prescribed to a certain, rather pessimistic philosophy. Golding believed that all humankind is naturally evil, and savage by nature; wanting nothing more but brutality and dominance