The Great Divorce Motifs and Symbols  The State of Mind:
Symbolized Motifs and Symbolism in “The Great Divorce” Everyday
there is a sun. The sun rises and the sun sets. When the sun
rises there is a beautiful glow to it yet very few watch it rise
because it is so early. But when it sets many people think of it
as the end of the day and fantasize on its romanticism into the
night, pondering on achievements throughout the twenty-four hour
time period. The sun is a symbol of life. Much like the sun, the
symbols in the Great Divorce are indeed larger than they appear.
The Great Divorce by Clive Staples Lewis shows great theme
within its motifs and shows illustrious and unfathomable
meanings throughout its symbolism.  C.S. Lewis’s states, “I saw
a great assembly of gigantic forms all motionless, all in the
deepest silence, standing forever about a little silver table
and looking upon it. And on the table there were little figures
like chessmen who went to and fro doing this and that” (Lewis
143) and though some mi