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Meaning: Depicts a decline from a higher to a lower state, often implying a loss of innocence or grace. Example Plays: 'Death of a Salesman' by Arthur Miller, 'Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles.

Meaning: Depicts the journey of atonement and forgiveness. Example Plays: 'The Winter's Tale' by William Shakespeare, 'A Doll's House' by Henrik Ibsen.

Meaning: Symbolizes life, purification, or transformation. Example Plays: 'Metamorphoses' by Mary Zimmerman, 'The Sea' by Edward Bond.

Meaning: Symbolizes abundance, community, or underlying tensions when used ironically. Example Plays: 'The Importance of Being Earnest' by Oscar Wilde, 'Mother Courage and Her Children' by Bertolt Brecht.

Meaning: Reflects self-knowledge, truth, or vanity. Example Plays: 'The Maids' by Jean Genet, 'All My Sons' by Arthur Miller.

Meaning: Often represent freedom, escape, or spiritual messenger. Example Plays: 'The Seagull' by Anton Chekhov, 'The Threepenny Opera' by Bertolt Brecht.

Meaning: Often a symbol of isolation, ambition, or a looming presence. Example Plays: 'Rapunzel', 'The Tower' by Hugo von Hofmannsthal.

Meaning: Represents a complex journey, entrapment, or a puzzle to be solved. Example Plays: 'Labyrinth' by Beth Steel, 'The Flick' by Annie Baker.

Meaning: Symbolizes oppression, imprisonment, or the burden of guilt. Example Plays: 'Marat/Sade' by Peter Weiss, 'The Crucible' by Arthur Miller.

Meaning: Symbolizes confusion, mystery, or obscured reality. Example Plays: 'Long Day's Journey into Night' by Eugene O’Neill, 'The Hairy Ape' by Eugene O’Neill.

Meaning: Often represent evil/ignorance and goodness/knowledge, respectively. Example Plays: 'Macbeth' by William Shakespeare, 'A Streetcar Named Desire' by Tennessee Williams.

Meaning: Symbolizes concealment, deception, or the exploration of identity. Example Plays: 'The Phantom of the Opera' by Andrew Lloyd Webber, 'The Miser' by Molière.

Meaning: Represents a decision point, a place of potential change, or fate. Example Plays: 'Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles, 'A Raisin in the Sun' by Lorraine Hansberry.

Meaning: Reflect the passage of time, mortality, or impending doom. Example Plays: 'The Cherry Orchard' by Anton Chekhov, 'Waiting for Godot' by Samuel Beckett.

Meaning: Symbolizes home, comfort, and family unity. Example Plays: 'Long Day's Journey into Night' by Eugene O’Neill, 'The Glass Menagerie' by Tennessee Williams.

Meaning: Represents a character's search for knowledge, enlightenment, or a life goal. Example Plays: 'The Tempest' by William Shakespeare, 'Angels in America' by Tony Kushner.

Meaning: Represents growth, fertility, and often paradise or a utopian ideal. Example Plays: 'The Secret Garden' by Frances Hodgson Burnett, 'Arcadia' by Tom Stoppard.