The Uzbek State World Languages University

Images can be represented by a number of stylistic devices and comparisons: metaphors, similes, euphemisms, symbols, etc.

“Tree” – a symbol of life. “Snake” – a symbol of evil. “Dove” – a symbol of peace;

“The Sun” – a symbol of life, power and royalty;

“Othello” – a symbol of love and jealousy.

Myths are represented in the language by mythologemes.

“Pandora’s box” (“a source of many unforeseen troubles”). According to the myth Zeus gave a box to Pandora with the instructions not to open it, but she gave in to her curiosity and opened it. As a result all the miseries, evils and diseases flew out to afflict the mankind.