Symbolism

"A White Heron"

     I think the big tree that Sylvia climbs up on symbolizes clear thought because when she gets to the top she realizes that she should not tell the boy where the heron is because it means so much to the wilderness. I believe the color white or the color of the heron represents how important life is. After seeing the heron in the wild Sylvia sees what life is like in the country or wilderness and decides not to tell the boy where it is at, so it can live freely and live its full life and that its life is way more important than that of ten dollars. I think the hunter simply represents intrusion because he just shows up and mess with the wilderness. Like the birds were living peacefully, but then when the boy came he just wanted to take over and bribe Sylvia into telling him where the heron was so he got everything he wanted.

"The Yellow Wall-Paper"

     I think the man himself symbolizes something in particular. I believe the man symbolizes his power over women kind of like how things were before the 1900s. He is always telling her what she can and cannot do why he goes to work, while she stays at the house doing nothing. I think the wall-paper symbolizes is pattern or a certain context that wife believes she needs to interpret because it affects her directly. I believe the bars that the wife sees in the wall-paper symbolizes being trapped. I think the bars mean being trapped because she doesn't have control over herself her husband tells her what to do, instead of thinking for herself.