What's the Key to the Change in Bologna?

The meaning of symbols is dependent on the broader narrative context within which they are embedded. For example, if a story has an island and an ocean, then the ocean is often symbolically feminine,. And the island is symbolically masculine. But if the story's the island and the sky, then the island often becomes symbolically masculine or feminine. The state can be an all providing mother, or it can be a judgmental father. It seems that we tilt more towards the father with regard to terminology relating to the state.