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The Scarlet Ibis

by James Hurst

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The Scarlet Ibis Questions on The Bleeding Tree

The Scarlet Ibis

In James Hurst's "The Scarlet Ibis," the bleeding tree and red imagery symbolize the deaths of the ibis and Doodle. The bleeding tree, losing sap like blood, foreshadows death, paralleling Doodle's...

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The Scarlet Ibis

In "The Scarlet Ibis," James Hurst evokes feelings of sadness and longing through imagery and word choice. The story opens with "summer was dead," setting a somber tone. The "bleeding tree" and the...

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