Symbol

In a drama like “Hamlet” symbols are not expressed as greatly as they are in a fiction novel like “Pride and Prejudice.” Hamlet uses several small symbols that relate to one of the major themes of the play: Death. Yorick’s skull can be viewed as a symbol in hamlet because it communicates that death’s unrelenting nature; even the jester, the liveliest person in the play is a subject to death. Because of Yorick’s skull, Hamlet comes to face the truth that death is inevitable. While symbols in Hamlet relate to certain themes such as death, symbols in “Pride and Prejudice” relate more closely with setting as well as major themes of the novel. Pemberly is an element of the setting, which establishes an English cultural environment. Additionally, Pemberly can be viewed as a symbol pertaining to the theme of class diversity. This is so because Pemberly is so highly acclaimed for its beauty and upper-class nature while no explicit mention of any other place in the novel can be found. The difference between Pemberly and all of the other estates in the novel reflects the rigid class system established in England during the time period. Ultimately symbol is connected to themes and in certain cases develops elements of the setting.