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