On 11 Mar, 22:02, "Tony" <t...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > T: Yes, but if you say that the Kwisatz Haderach "symbolized" a
messiah,=
> > that could mean that the novel Dune constituted a kind of allegory for
> > real
> > historical events. In other words, FH might have meant for Paul to be
a
> > kind of Christ figure, or perhaps someone "who will usher in the
messian=
ic
> > age of war before peace to the world," as in the orthodox Jewish
belief.=
>
> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messiah
>
> D: =A0Not really. If you take something like symbol that does not mean
tha=
t
> you had to copy the whole history as well. Symbol for high amperage is
> stylized lightning but that does not mean that you have to declare
> every single person working with the electricity as B. Franklin just
> because B.F. tried to catch a lighting.
>
> T: =A0Hi Darwi. =A0I was using the term "symbol" in the sense of a
"litera=
ry
> symbol." =A0One good definition of literary symbol is listed
at:http://www=
..virtualsalt.com/litterms.htm
Thanks for link. I still think that one does not need to drag whole
history in.
>
> "Something that on the surface is its literal self but which also has
> another meaning or even several meanings. For example, a sword may be a
> sword and also symbolize justice. A symbol may be said to embody an
idea.
> There are two general types of symbols: universal symbols that embody
> universally recognizable meanings wherever used, such as light to
symboliz=
e
> knowledge, a skull to symbolize death, etc., and constructed symbols
that
> are given symbolic meaning by the way an author uses them in a literary
> work, as the white whale becomes a symbol of evil in Moby Dick."
>
> Are you bilingual?
More correct is multilingual. I speak fluently 5 languages.
Unfortunately, sometimes I tend to mix grammar and sentence styles. I
do apologize if that happened.
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