The reading goes through the three main aspects of art: Play, Symbol, and Festival. The play are the characters in the piece. The way they interact inside the piece represents an aspect of the art. The art is literally represented through the actors and their movements in the piece. I liked the metaphor of the game used to describe this. The players and the game itself compliment each other. The symbols are the objects in the piece of art that have relevance pertaining to the story as a whole. Finally the festival is the unification that is caused by the art itself. The art brings a community of people together to which the art speaks to. The festival or the art itself can bring people together in communal unification.
For my example I chose one of my favorite movie sequences ever. Its a scene from Shutter Island. The sequence has so much symbolism that moves the story forward. The acting and movement of the characters also has relevance. In the sequence the emotions of the characters are not only expressed by words, but by movement. The sequence perhaps speaks to a community of people who have experienced the hardships of letting go of guilt and tragedy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0eG0O9qNB4
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