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【标题】《蝇王》中象征主义的分析 【作者】蒲 腾 【关键词】《蝇王》；象征主义；理性；恶性本质；野蛮；黑暗；野兽 【指导老师】刘 敏 【专业】英语 【正文】I. Introduction?Lord of the Flies told a story about a group of English schoolboys who were marooned on an island for the crash of the plane during World War II. Without adults’ supervision, without rules or a structured society, they returned to their base and?“uncivilized” instincts, and savagery and cruelty controlled the whole island. Many of the characters within the novel represented some of the basic inner qualities considered within all humans; qualities which may or may not be revealed during a civilized lifetime but which nevertheless most likely exist within all individuals.The novel’s affluent symbols that made Samuel Hynes concluded that?“Lord of the Flies is a symbolic novel, not a fairy story.”1 In 1983, William Golding was awarded Nobel Prize for literature. As the Swedish Academy praised, for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human conditions in today’s world.The ideas and aesthetic interests of symbolism are often traced back to the middle of the nineteenth century, and many early twentieth-century artists and writers continued to be influenced by its ideas.This paper is an analysis of the symbolism in Lord of the Flies on the basis of many scholars’ researches from three aspects—the symbolic characters, objects and events, to examine their symbolic meanings for emphasizing the theme of the novel.II. Symbol and SymbolismWhat is symbol and what is symbolism? What are their functions? The word symbol derives from a Greek word meaning?“to throw together”. It is an object, animate or inanimate, which represents or stands for something else. Scales, for example, symbolize justice; a dove, peace; a lion, strength and courage. Actions and gestures are also symbolic. The clenched fist symbolizes aggression; arms raised denote surrender. In literature, symbol is usually a person