History Analysis / StatueOfLiberty

** It's an important part of the iconography of the American immigrant due to being one the first part of America a Westerner sailing into [[https://libertycruise.nyc/packages/history-of-ellis-island Ellis Island]] would see. Its importance to immigrants would be lionized in Creator/CharlieChaplin's ''Film/TheImmigrant'' and ''Film/TheGodfatherPartII''.

-->'''Jon Stewart after 9/11:''' [The World Trade Center, a] symbol of American ingenuity and strength and labor and imagination and commerce and it is gone. But you know what the view is now? The Statue of Liberty. The view from the south of Manhattan is now the Statue of Liberty. You can't beat that.

* MonumentalDamage: Oh, don't worry, the actual statue has never been damaged like that. However, in fiction is another matter, where it's a common target for rampaging monsters and natural disasters.

* RedBaron: Many a New Yorker, as well as Americans across the country, meanwhile, have affectionately nicknamed her ''Art/LadyLiberty'' over the years, treating her as America's only true 'noblewoman'. The nickname has stuck surprisingly well, as though the statue itself [[AnthropomorphicPersonification has taken it on personally as a mark of affection that somehow manages to make its way to everyone who sees her, despite being an inanimate object.]] The nickname even sees use on this very website!
* SmallReferencePools: Her presence has become so ingrained in people's idea of the United States, that it's extremely rare for a fictional work that is set (or mentions) America to not somehow include Lady Liberty too.

* AfterTheEnd: The Statue of Liberty is often seen in these kinds of works to show how Man's hubris is ultimately pointless or to give hope that humanity will rise again. Common depictions are the Statue having sunk in the ocean (usually, a product of catastrophic climate change) or halfway buried (a sign that centuries if not millennia have come to pass).

* NationalStereotypes: At this point, she is a synonym of the United States or New York. Most fictional Americans will love her because of the ideals she represents and she is a common figure in EstablishingShots.

* NationalStereotypes: Her presence has become so ingrained in people's idea of the United States, that it's extremely rare for a fictional work that is set (or mentions) America to not somehow include Lady Liberty too.

* NationalStereotypes:

As one of the most iconic {{sculptures}} since the US rose in power, Lady Liberty appears in tons of fictional works. Either as part of an EstablishingShot to indicate that yes, the characters are in America or, more specifically, in New York. Or as a key [[RuleOfSymbolism symbol]] tied to the work's CentralTheme. As it bounds to happen, some patterns have appeared:

* {{Expy}}: The statue itself was likened by Emma Lazarus to a modern version of the [[UsefulNotes/SevenWondersOfTheWorld Colossus of Rhodes]]. With one major difference: the Greek Colossus celebrates conquest[[note]]ArtisticLicenseHistory at play here, as the old Colossus was built to commemorate ''defense'' against conquest[[/note]], while Lady Liberty herself is depicted as a guardian standing by the Golden Door welcoming people to the New World. Incidentally, the Statue of Liberty has outlasted the original Colossus, [[BrieferThanTheyThink which stood for only 54 years]].

* RedBaron: Many a New Yorker, as well as Americans across the country, meanwhile, have affectionately nicknamed her ''Lady Liberty'' over the years, treating her as America's only true 'noblewoman'. The nickname has stuck surprisingly well, as though the statue itself [[AnthropomorphicPersonification has taken it on personally as a mark of affection that somehow manages to make its way to everyone who sees her, despite being an inanimate object.]] The nickname even sees use on this very website!

* AfterTheEnd: The Statue of Liberty is often seen in these kinds of works to show how Man's hubris is ultimately pointless or to give hope that humanity will rise again.