Independence and Freedom
These are more "concepts" than symbols, but boy oh boy are they important.In fact, the biggest concepts you're going to find in Common Sense are the concepts of independence and freedom. For start...
U.S. Constitution
Nothing symbolic about the Constitution, Shmoopers. This is the real deal: it's a concept rather than an image or an allegory.Thomas Paine isn't just worried about America becoming free from Britai...
Common Sense
This is another concept, Shmoopers. But, like the above, it's uber-important.As the title suggests, Thomas Paine bases the arguments in his pamphlet on the concept of common sense. In other words,...