Abstract The following essay deals with the reoccurring symbolic metaphors within many of Salvador Dalí's artwork. You will be introduced to the life of this surreal artist. His fears, his sexual desires, and his influential insanity will be cast into the light, as I work my way into the mind of Dalí. I have defined surrealism and its history in order to understand where it is that this shameless man comes from. Why is Dalí a classified as a veristic surrealist and how does he use his Paranoiac-Critical Method while painting? I will make a short relation to one of...
people wondering and thinking of some sense that must be in the picture. I have tried to make doing so a little clearer by explaining his way of thinking and his symbols within the paintings.

I have obtained a more knowledgeable opinion on his pieces of art in relation to his thoughts and his elements in the painting. I am able to identify from which period of his life that his paintings are from by identifying symbols, themes, and style.

It is undoubtedly true that Salvador Dali is a unique painter, who takes after no one else.