At first sight In the open code is but a sad love story as sweet as “the melodie that’s sweetly play’d in tune”. But if read between the lines, it is as profound as Carpenters’ Yesterday Once More in which the veiled theme surfaces: the old golden values cherished before the industrialism have resurrected like the Savior through the love code of Annie Laurie. To achieve this purpose, Symbolism was employed effectively throughout the story. |