Question

In the short story Gift of Magi what symbol represents Della in the story?

Answer 1

Della Young's is housewife living in a small city of NewYork, wife of jim. She is saving money for buying gift for jim in Christmas. But money was not sufficient money. So she sold her long hair for buying a platinum watch. And jim sold gold watch and brought a ornamental comb. In these story tell love is really and more stronger than anything else. They both are Symbol of scarifice. Really love is priceless. In this della is symbol of feminine and sensualty.