Question

What is the correct definition of a contextual symbol?

A. Contextual symbols are literary representations of concrete objects.
B. Contextual symbols are ideas shared culturally and accepted universally.
C. Contextual symbols appear only within the framework of a particular text.
D. Contextual symbols convey literal meanings of the ideas presented in a text.

Answer 1

D. Contextual symbols convey literal meanings of the ideas presented in a text. (Please correct me if I am wrong.)

Answer 2

The correct definition of a contextual symbol is option C.

A contextual symbol appears only within the framework of a particular text.

The contextual symbol tends to be considered as an unique or original symbol that any author can create in his/her work or in collected works. Contextual symbols may be found in many modern, fantasy literatures in which symbols are created as elements that the main characters employ.