Connotation

action after the dreary death of a victim for the audience. The use of “light” and light synonyms in the first and third police officer’s actions can be looked at as a symbol of hope even though it comes after a line that entails many negative connotations. Karl Shapiro also makes use of the lines “Who shall die? ... Who is innocent?” (31 & 32) in a parallelism form. The questions can also be looked at as rhetorical questions since Shapiro is not necessarily looking for an answer. The parallel…

instance because of the relatively few Asian-American collegiate basketball players in communication with other societies to make them more intelligible of athletes, more specifically basketball players. at any level throughout society. The general connotation of an Asian athletic identity remains of being not as talented, or too small, but Jeremy Lin’s story brought to light the stereotypes battled through his and other Asian athletic careers. Overall, many…

London, England is a popular and desirable location for every new traveler – it creates a posh and illustrious ambience for itself and holds much history. However, there is a dark side to “The Old Smoke” revealed by reading the poem London, by William Blake. Blake’s speaker uses repetition and visual imagery to illustrate the “woe”-filled (4) and unhappy chaos hiding behind London, England’s structured and genteel exterior. Repetition is a strong presence within the poem, and undoubtedly draws…

With such negative connotations, it is evident that control can lead to unhappiness. When a person has knowledge, he or she can use it to create positive outcomes more often. With this, the pleasure of unpredictability dies down which can lead to unhappiness. Additionally, when…

myth, the relations of the Minotaur’s family are complex and difficult to understand, possibly mirroring the relationship Hughes portrays here between him and Plath. The Minotaur, who Plath is linked to in the poem, presents a series of emotional connotations. Although the Minotaur is often seen as an aggressive, murderous animal, some presentations of it show the Minotaur as a thing to be pitied. In Ted Hughes’ work, the metaphor of the Minotaur reoccurs, especially in ‘Birthday letters’. One…

chance to change themselves through association with a product that will supposedly provide them a masculine identity comparable to a national football icon. As a result, we are left with lasting impressions that encourage sales through positive connotations with the product (Gales,…

I will be addressing a research question which analyses the hyper-sexualization of young girls and its effects on their expectations of themselves throughout their psychological and emotional growth. For reference and argument development, I will be examining this topic from a common societal point of view, as well a professional psychological stand point. Taylor, Jim. “The Disturbing Sexualization of Really Young Girls.” The Huffington Post. N.p., 09 Dec. 2012. Web. 23 Sept. 2016. Taylor’s…

language when writing, but usually poets steer clear and practice using noteworthy diction, word choice, which can both represent denotation and connotation to the advantage of their poems. Denotation can establish the literal meaning of a word and may be useful if a writer is explicitly trying to generate a specific illustration. On the other hand, connotation can highlight a word in different and symbolic ways that can encourage a reader to look beyond the space between the first and last…

Larry Levis’ poem “In the City of Light” contains levels of depth that, with close reading, reveal a sense of what it truly feels like for one to experience loss. The poem chronicles the narrator’s response to his (I presume the narrator is male, although the text does not specify) father’s death, leaving his lover, and analysis of the impact of both events. Upon first reading, I was drawn in by the characterization of the narrator’s loneliness and uncertainty, and sought to grasp a better…

Analysis First, and one of the most interesting things we can actually see, when using a scale of 1-10, as we did in a few of our questions, people often did not use five to mean an average. Instead they would often use 7, as the average for a group. This is an interesting finding, and we tried to take it into account later in the analysis. You can tell this is true, because in many cases where people would speak of their roommates as being average, they would put a 7, instead of the expected…