Clouds
They're in the title, they're central to the action in the play, and they're definitely not just one of those white fluffy things that sometimes looks like a walrus. Rather, they're legit character...
Socrates/The Thinkery
Okay, yeah, Socrates is a character—and a character based on a real person, at that. So, how could he possibly be a symbol, too? Can one man be so many things? Answer: absolutely. Yes, he has sig...
Fire
Did you notice how the kind of learning Strepsiades pursues so feverishly for most of the play ends up biting him in the butt, or, to put it differently, burning him? Yup, just like early man, who...