Light is the most important source of life. It illuminates the darkness, it makes people feel warm and safe, and it leads us to the right pathway because lights are also seen as the combination of truth and reason. In the fairy tale the Beautiful Lily and the Green Snake, light appears in this story in many forms, it is one of the most ultimate natural sources throughout the story. Each of the light forms has specific meaning in the fairytale, and each one of them plays a very important role. In the following essay, I will explain how the light is being a major character in this fairytale, and why “light” is the most crucial feature in this fairy tale because it not only a natural element, but signifies human reason, creativity and knowledge.
In the very beginning of the story, light appears as two Will-’O-Wisps, the little fairy who illuminates weakly. They glam in the dark with their lights, they can also use …show more content…
Why does the green snake receive knowledge after swallowing these gold coins? We all know that gold is a precious metal, it comes from the nature, then the gold is adopted by human beings and it is made into many kinds of artificial product: jewelries, coins, crowns. Although the metal of gold is a gift from nature, the gold coin is a man made product. It is completely different from the original form of the gold because that gold coin contains wisdom, and it is the result of human culture.the green snake receives light and is able to see things in the darkness, which in general words, she transforms the human reason into human knowledge. In the other hand, the two Will-’O-Wisps is also some one who can turn the nature into an artificial product, but meanwhile, they act so immature that they look like two children, this suggests that Will-’O-Wisps is not only the symbol of childish, but also a symbol of human
In the very beginning of the story, light appears as two Will-’O-Wisps, the little fairy who illuminates weakly. They glam in the dark with their lights, they can also use …show more content…
Why does the green snake receive knowledge after swallowing these gold coins? We all know that gold is a precious metal, it comes from the nature, then the gold is adopted by human beings and it is made into many kinds of artificial product: jewelries, coins, crowns. Although the metal of gold is a gift from nature, the gold coin is a man made product. It is completely different from the original form of the gold because that gold coin contains wisdom, and it is the result of human culture.the green snake receives light and is able to see things in the darkness, which in general words, she transforms the human reason into human knowledge. In the other hand, the two Will-’O-Wisps is also some one who can turn the nature into an artificial product, but meanwhile, they act so immature that they look like two children, this suggests that Will-’O-Wisps is not only the symbol of childish, but also a symbol of human