How can I summarize this? Please help! Shakespeare didn't invent the symbolism of seasons but he did a good job when comparing the coming of old age to the transition from fall to winter in sonnet 73
This contrast can also be seen in characters' names to describe who they are like Frederic Winterbourne (representing a coldhearted person) and Daisy Miller (representing a beautiful and bright person).
Unlike other confusing forms of symbolism, seasons tend to always tend to have the same symbolic meaning
Due to this fixed meaning, writers will take advantage of this and depict a relationship between the season and the plot sometimes in an ironic fashion
It is also important to notice this trend in literature so they can avoid cliche
Seasonal events can be metaphors for events happening in a characters life
Different cultures have different associations with the seasons
For example the ancient greeks would associate the fall with comedy and christains associate the spring with jesus’ resurrection

Read the excerpt from "the most dangerous game." a man, who had been hiding in the curtains of the bed, was standing there. "rainsford! " screamed the general. "how in god's name did you get here? " "swam," said rainsford. "i found it quicker than walking through the jungle." the general sucked in his breath and smiled. "i congratulate you," he said. "you have won the game." rainsford did not smile. "i am still a beast at bay," he said, in a low, hoarse voice. "get ready, general zaroff." the general made one of his deepest bows. "i see," he said. "splendid! one of us is to furnish a repast for the hounds. the other will sleep in this very excellent bed. on guard, rainsford." . . he had never slept in a better bed, rainsford decided. adrian is writing an essay about "the most dangerous game.” which detail from the excerpt best supports his idea that rainsford is unchanged and still feels that the hunter is justified in killing the hunted? a man, who had been hiding in the curtains of the bed, was standing there. "swam," said rainsford. "i found it quicker than walking through the jungle." rainsford did not smile. "i am still a beast at bay," he said, in a low, hoarse voice. "get ready, general zaroff." he had never slept in a better bed, rainsford decided.