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    through his juxtaposition of Drown’s character’s dreams of homes (connected to the connotations of the word ‘home’) and the jarring reality of what home is to the characters to show us how awful their homes are and to show that they are trapped in these awful conditions. Diaz mainly covers how the houses of the characters are like prisons, showing the characters’ entrapment, doing this through symbolism and connotation, which juxtaposes with the freedom the characters feel when not in their…

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    thier calling. 5. My questions about the passage are: a. What suffering was Paul undergoing? b. What does it mean to fill up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions? c. How was the term “servant” understood? d. Why was the mystery hidden? e. What connotations does the word “mystery” carry for the original audience? f. Why was is revealed in history at that time? g. What does it mean to be “mature in Christ”? h. Is full maturation possible in this life? i. Must Christians suffer for Christ in…

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    within society. This “inscrutable” infant is condemned to forever be a child of from the Puritans believed as a child of Satan. He characterizes Pearl to be "a lovely and immortal flower" which has a good connotation when read separately from the sentence however in this context the connotation of this is very melancholy because the characteristics of a flower are that they are beautiful for a certain amount of time which is how Pearl is viewed as an infant. When examined closely the flower as…

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    Novels and books also contain more negative connotations mental health that one might think. Exemplifying this would be the mainstream Harry Potter series, where in one book, Harry is cautioned to stay away from Sirius Black who is known as being “mad”. The newspaper warns the public that he is a danger…

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    Paul Binnie, a newly popular woodblock print artist, challenges Japanese popular thought surrounding both gender stereotypes and negative connotations of the tattoo through his unique prints. His on-and-off approach highlights the ability of tattooing to individuate and deepen the perception of those who are brave enough to bear them. In a broader sense, Binnie is commenting on how all visual art can be used to disrupt and complicate dangerous limiting stereotypes and augment the identities of…

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    is supported by the word beg which connotes that feeling of respect. He also writes that she is whispering the choice of the word whisper instead of spoke softly shows us that the relationship is a relationship of love and trust as Whispering as connotations of softness and trust. Kafka also uses the punctuation to illustrate how the sadness and genuine worry she is feeling for Gregor. He does this by having three commas in a seven-word sentence creating a slow methodical and segmented feel to…

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    present in the poem as she says “I 'll remember you said, “Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead, Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead.” She literally remembered the words he said and carried them on with her. Connotation is also present in, “I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited, but I couldn 't stay away, I couldn 't fight it.” She is expressively saying that the love she had for her ex would never go away and that she was so drawn and devoted…

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    Neolithic to early Shang dynasty (2nd millennium BCE). The GUI is one of the important objects for a ceremony and also a symbol of a person's status. Jade as a stone age heritage, occupies an important position in Chinese culture. The cultural connotation of ancient jade in China not only includes the design of art, grinding technology, written records, but also includes etiquette, religion, economic value and decorative features. The ancient jade's political value is reflected in the ancient…

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    and attitudes are constructed and apportioned differently to things and people depending on an individual’s own experiences and reflection of those experiences (Olson, 2015). Therefore, the concept and perception towards superheroes, which is a connotation of stock characters with superhuman powers that are dedicated to heroic missions, is widely varied. This variation underpins the differences in individual attitudes and perceptions towards various superhero characters as well as the eventual…

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    A manifold of symbolic connotations can be made in “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty. Eudora Welty’s explanation of symbolism basically says how the Character Phoenix Jackson goes out of her way to do all that she can for her grandson because he is sick and can’t take care of him-self. She is a good grandmother by going out of her to take the whole day to walk all the way into town to get him his medicine. During her excursion she talks aloud to herself coaxing before, but this one seems…

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