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Question
Look at the following picture carefully.
a) What has Time been portrayed as? Why?
b) What are the other symbols associated with Time?
Solution
(a) Time has been portrayed as a mysterious man wearing a loose cloak with a scythe in one hand and an hour-glass in other. Time is shown to have been fleeting fast. Time is the greatest conqueror.
(b) Tides, bubble of water, wind, sand, money, etc.
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