Denotation

Hamlet’s first soliloquy is an example of Shakespeare’s motif of garden imagery and a theme of corruption in the play. In this passage, Hamlet is talking to himself after the Queen and Claudius ask why he is acting so strangely. He goes on to lament that suicide is against God’s law, then describes his life as “an unweeded garden / that grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature / possess it merely” (1.2.135-137). I believe Shakespeare writes Hamlet comparing his life to a garden full of…

I saw a Youtube video about a dog infested with mango worms, and I was disgusted. I could not look away as the vet squeezed the dog’s skin, making the worms pop out. I could think of only one word to describe what was left in the dog’s skin as the worms left: orifices. I never thought that I could hate a word, but it turns out I was wrong. I absolutely hate the word “orifices.” I hate the word because it reminds me of the holes in the dog’s skin. In some places the dog had no hair left, just…

To achieve this mood, Atwood provides denotation and connotation. For example, in stanza five where the woman describes the actions of her heart, she says “It forces me to listen.” To force someone into doing something means that it is being done against his or her will. In other words, the woman…

Along with figurative language, denotation vs. connotation, and using context clues to help me find meanings of words or passages, have helped me greatly in my reading and writing alike. In Animal Farm, by George Orwell, we explored figurative language a lot, since Orwell couldn’t write…

sufficiently rigorous nor historically responsible, this indicates the convoluted denotations of isolationism. Through history, as what above has showed, persisted definition debate over isolationism seemly never ends even for scholars. Not to expect how well the unprofessional public can comprehend the denotations of “isolationism” as a professional terminology. To conclude, due to the varying property of the denotation of isolationism may vary over time and conditions. Based this property, it…

are always wanting to be wealthy but, what is not talked about is- poverty. The diversity found within American culture lends to the various interpretations of the English language, which allows for a word’s meaning to undergo periodic changes in denotation and connotation based upon prior knowledge and personal experiences. Wealth can be defined in different ways-the dictionary, glossary,…

Have you ever read the poem “Because I could not stop for death” by Emily Dickinson and wondering what the connotation could be? When you are looking at the denotation do you ever try to figure out the figurative language, then you are beginning to understand what the author it's trying to convey. The format of the poem helps us understand the tone shift and the poem's meaning. The poem “Because I could not stop death,” by Emily Dickinson is about this guy falling in love with a girl. The…

like cell phones, computers, televisions, and cars. However, there was a simpler time when the word machine meant any structure. (Simpson 156) The word machine has developed from a structure, to an evil scheme, to a vehicle, and to many modern denotations, although it maintains an overall definition of a reliable object that performs a specific task. The French were the first ones to use the word machine to describe a structure…

utilizes proper diction and proper word choices to get her message across. Examples of dictions utilized in the sonnet are connotation, and denotation. All of these instances are used in one line of the sonnet. “ And then, adieu, —farewell! —the dream is done. ” (Millay, line 9) the word adieu in that line can be seen as a denotation or a connotation. Millay uses denotation where the hyphen is put, to uncover the exact meaning of the word adieu. Millay also uses connotation in the same area but…

without the scenes and comfort of the village and its residents. “Like profanation, by your leave” is an example of a simile (Frost, Robert). The connotation of these lines is a man wanting to go back to the good times when he felt fulfilled. The denotation is a man who wants to go back to the “good hours” just one last time before, he too, has met with death. These lines use the rhetorical device pathos because Robert Frost is using the emotion of grief and loneliness to relate to his audience.…