Animal Imagery
Of Mice and Men was noted to be a great example of the use of animal imagery. Throughout the course of the novel Steinbeck often uses animal imagery to emphasise the key themes of mental illness, racism and the inevitable tragedy of the ending.
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Famous quotes containing the words animal and/or imagery:
“There is no mystery in the luminous lines
Of that high, animal face
The smile, sad, humouring and equal
Blesses without obliging
Loves without condescension;”
—Denis Devlin (1908–1959)
“The Dada object reflected an ironic posture before the consecrated forms of art. The surrealist object differs significantly in this respect. It stands for a mysterious relationship with the outer world established by man’s sensibility in a way that involves concrete forms in projecting the artist’s inner model.”
—J.H. Matthews. “Object Lessons,” The Imagery of Surrealism, Syracuse University Press (1977)