The snake, too, appears to have a high regard for the prince. When the prince asks the snake, “This is Earth; this is Africa,” (17.7), the snake replies, “This is Earth; this is Africa.” Similarly, when the prince points to his own planet in the sky, the snake comments that it is “beautiful” (17.12).

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What does the snake represent or teach the Little Prince?

With his deadly bite and biblical allusion, he stands for death’s inevitable occurrence.

What did the snake do in the Little Prince?

After warning the pilot that his departure will appear “a little as if I were dying,” the little prince agrees to the snake’s offer and uses his deadly poison to send the prince back to the beginning of the story.

What does the snake symbolize?

Satan and temptation have always been associated with snakes in Christian folklore since Eve’s transgression in the Garden of Eden. Other cultures view snakes as a symbol of fertility, rebirth, renewal, and even immortality, including ancient Greece and Egypt and indigenous North America.

What does The Little Prince symbolize?

Ignorance, purity, and stupidity are all depicted in the Little Prince. When the Prince travels to the planets, he is baffled by the people he meets and considers them to be bizarre. Because he doesn’t do anything with them other than “possess” them, he wonders why the Businessman counts the stars.