Question

Which description best defines a contextual symbol?

It conveys only the surface meaning of an object, person, action, or situation.
It recurs in a variety of genres and in works by various writers.
It’s specific to a single artistic work and doesn’t overlap with other similar works.
It’s a symbol known throughout a particular culture.

Answer 1

It’s specific to a single artistic work and doesn’t overlap with other similar works.

Step-by-step explanation:

Contextual symbols in literature mean the symbols whose meanings or interpretations very from culture to culture, from one work to the other, from time to time, and sometimes even within the same book/work.

For example the symbol of tree may mean different things in different works, cultures or situations (it may mean , shelter, relation with land, nature, a protective/fatherly figure etc).

Universal symbols have the same meaning in almost all cultures, works, and situations.

For example dove as a symbol means peace and love, peacock is symbol of pride and vanity,