1. The robots represent mans attempt to be a god, which happened to fail miserably when Bradbury writes "the house was like and altar, with 9000 robot attendants. But the gods had gone away" this shows that man is trying to be a god, and is having an attempt at creating "life", which fails, and in the end it is the same technology that kills him. The house being an altar is a symbol, and the robots attendants are a symbol.
2. Robots become tragic symbols for man's dreams and hopes gone away. Robot has symbolic meaning which is man attempt to be a god, which happened to fail miserably. We see a happy family, children playing ball, mother picking flowers and father mowing the lawn. The house kept them happy and contented "even when the world trembled."
3. There's no person in the story.
4. It contributes that technology is harmful to man but nature will always beat technology as evidenced by the tree falling and knocking over the chemicals, creating the fire that burns down the house. I find the above view to be inadequate. I think Bradbury was writing a poignant poem, lauding man's great accomplishments, but expressing sadness over our capacity to destroy ourselves. It showed our great works outliving us, still trying to serve us, but without our spark, our creativity and our presence to maintain it, it inevitably perished.
5. One symbol used throughout the story. Because it's showing all about the technology which ruins our life.
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