“The Sixth Sense” Many works of literature can be analyzed in many different ways. In the movie “The Sixth Sense” many aspects of the movie portray a great deal of religious symbolism. I will use the New Criticism approach to analyze these symbols. The uses of religious symbolism include Cole’s religious figurines taken from the church, the many trips and prayers in the chapel and the numerous prayers Cole’s says during the times …showed first 75 words of 680 total…

…showed last 75 words of 680 total…religious objects, building and prayer’s give us good understanding that not everything in life is all “rosy and red” , but many aspects are detrimental to one’s comfort ness. Cole is an example of a destroyed childhood, and too this day nobody knows why someone or something would do such destruction to such a young boy’s life. The use of religion was a theme carried throughout the movie, and in many different variations.