Symbolism is the method of making a character or an action, a situation or a setting, stand for more than it. Symbolist theater attempted to dramatize more poetic or metaphorical situations, often using unusual stage setting and ethereal dramatic action and language. The Seagull By Anton Chekhov is a great example of symbolism. The play explores the relationship between a young man and his mother by drawing parallels to the relationship between true art and …showed first 75 words of 714 total…

…showed last 75 words of 714 total…platform stage, this made the text the most important thing to his show. Symbolism was a European movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries in reaction to realism and naturalism. It was an attempt to dramatize more poetic or metaphorical situations, often using unusual stage setting and ethereal dramatic action and language. Symbolism can be seen almost anywhere and Anton Chekhov's The Seagull is a great play to show all the different types.