Analysis Of Signs And Symbols By Vladimir Nabokov
In the short story “Signs and Symbols”, the author Vladimir Nabokov tells the story of a poor, elderly couple from Russia who want to visit their son for his birthday. The theme of this story has to do with depression and insanity. The parents seem as if they are depressed because they no longer have their son living with them because he is insane. As the parents get ready to visit their son, the mother makes sure to wear all black not knowing what may set their son off. Their son is institutionalized in a sanitarium because he was diagnosed with referential mania. Nabokov illustrates depression and insanity through imagery, symbolism, and conflict. The author of the story uses imagery to keep the readers interested in the story. For example,