Question

10. All Of The Following Statements About Literary Symbols Are True Except:

A) Symbols enhance the meaning of text
B) Symbols generally have only one meaning
C) Symbols are often timeless and universal in nature
D) Symbols can present in the form of characters, objects, actions.

Answer 1

The answer is (B).

A symbol is a resource that can have more than one meaning. Some symbols

have changed their meaning or at least the way people recognize them.For example,the swastika was a peaceful,sacred symbol from Eurasia,but as Nazism used it as a symbol of its regime,people associate that symbol with death and cruelty.

Answer 2

B.

Literary devices usually possess multiple meanings.