As a harbinger of spring, the robin nearly universally represents renewed hope, fresh beginnings, reversals in negative attitudes, and a dawning light being shed on difficult situations.
In England, an emblem of fertility, especially if one comes pecking at a window.
The comic relief of Robin Williams as the sensitive-fool archetype leads the dreamer into the divine comedy of life. As the fool, he demonstrates the power of improvisation. He may come to state that the easiest way through a difficult situation is to ad-lib.