Symbolism
in literature is the power of objects and images within a text to represent larger, figurative
ideas. Symbolism can be very effective in rhetorical writing and speech, because it allows for
the audience to latch on to a memorable image that will resonate the idea in their memories. ,
as a preacher, leans heavily on symbolism, since religious texts are full of them. In
"," Edwards employs the use of symbolism in order to make tangible the horrors and the
proximity of hell, as he perceives it.
One example of Edwards's symbolism is
as follows:
The God that holds you...
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