Symbolism

"The White Heron"
* Symbol- the color white of the heron.
* Meaning- I think that the color white of the heron is this story symbolizes the innocence of the girl and the fact that her and the heron have that innocence in common. She is "araid" of people and would rather stay in her own little world, and the same goes for the heron. But, while they are both enjoying being alone they are at the same time being pursued by the hunter.
*Symbol- the old pine tree
*Meaning- To me the pine tree has the meaning of being old fashioned and a classic, just like the girl and her grandmother live. It is the last tree that was left by the lumberjacks and it still lives in it's own way among the rest of the newer trees. The same thing goes for Sylvy and her grandmother, they could be living a more modern life in the city, like Sylvy's mother but they choose to keep it old fashioned, simple and classic.

"The Yellow Wall-Paper"
*Symbol- the torn wallpaper
*Meaning- In this story I think that the torn wallpaper can be compared to the life of the woman in the story. It is torn and old and needs to be renewed, I feel that the same thing applies to the woman. She is not old but her attitude towards life is withered. She needs a better outlook on life but she just needs someones help to do it, like the wallpaper, that can't be changed itself.
*Symbol- the creeping woman behind the wallpaper
*Meaning- I feel that the woman behind the wallpaper is the woman in the story. It symbolizes her life of trying to creep her condition around her husband and in the end when she has to let the woman behind the wallpaper out she is really freeing herself from the secrecy of keeping her condition under wraps.