What does the crow in shawshank redemption symbolise?

Answer 1

Crows are sometimes considered to symbolize an omen. They can be good or bad depending on the context they are being used in and what culture is talking about them. Since they are in the same family as the raven they are often associated with death and darkness. Crow is seen by some Native Americans as the left-handed guardian and keeper of the sacred law. While others interpret it as ancient wisdom, and magic. In a tea cup crow is read as ill health. As a child I learned an old English rhyme about crows from my grandmother, it went something like this: One is for bad news, two is for mirth. Three is a wedding, four for a birth. Five is for riches, six is a thief, Seven a journey, eight is for grief. Nine is a secret, ten is for sorrow, Eleven is love and twelve is joy on the morrow.

Answer 2

crows normally represent death or death soon to come. they're bad omens and supposedly they have the souls of demons.

Well, sorry to say this to the recent answer but a crow in many countries represents intellegence and often back in the past the people with the last name crow were thought to be pranksters and did bad things not nessicarily evil

Answer 3

Typically, death, bad fortune, etc...

Answer 4

the crow symbolizes death and bad luck

Answer 5

It symbolizes Brooks's caring nature.