The fish in “The Fish”

The fish here symbolizes both the woman’s sense of guilt and the inevitability of loss or violation. Stripped of its skin and bones, the fish mirrors her own feeling of being dismantled by the weight of her mistakes, exposed and solitary. Its silence and helplessness intensify her recognition of loneliness and remorse, as though the act of preparing and facing the fish has made her complicit in a kind of destruction she cannot undo.

The house in “In a House Besieged

In “In a House Besieged” the house itself becomes a symbol of psychological entrapment and marital tension. Though technically “home,” the man and woman experience it as a hostile space, where every outside sound is transformed into a threat through their anxiety. The besieged house thus represents both their isolation from the world and the inescapable pressures of their relationship...