Signifier

First, it would be beneficial to define what language is. Though the exact meaning may be debatable in some circles, generally language can be defined as a set of rules that control the use of arbitrary signifiers in order to share information (Owens 8). This is what human beings do. Each signifier is made up of phonemes, which in a sense are…

Who was considered the “foreign other” during the Vietnam War? The act of othering a particular group has long been a signifier or marker of foreign identity or a clash of upheld ideals and standards. From the perspective of American soldiers in the Vietnam War, the “other” is not just the racial military enemy, but also the Americans back at home. Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried accounts a series of fictional and real events of American soldiers serving the Vietnam War, thereby reflecting…

In our modern society, we are surrounded with digital media, which includes advertisements. They are simply all over the places that people are constantly exposed to many different types of advertisements with or without knowing. Good examples are, daily digital gadgets like mobile phones, Ipads, or even on the transportations; buses, trains...etc. Each and every advertisement we see everyday, there is already a target audience whom they have designed the ad for. The advertisement I chose for…

Introduction Back in the days, Mod is unstoppable intertwined that is relating to worldly as opposed to spiritual of 1960s Britain. During that time subculture seem to circulate endlessly and become very popular culture. Every year new clothing would represent Mod in some way, either for material or beauty concerned in designing the clothing. Those historical roles was big part of subculture in 1960s. The Mod fashion did not just continues referenced, but it is also recent remake of the film…

The document came out not to be authentic. The speech had many signifiers within itself to prove that it was not real. For example, the only Willie Lynch known during that time was born 30 years after the supposed speech in 1712. (Heningburg, K) Also, words like fool proof, re-fueling, and Black with a capitalized “b” are 20th century words. (Heningburg, K) In 2004, Professor William Jelani Cobb was asked if the Willie Lynch Letter was real. He immediately shot down the possibility of the letter…

effectively today. “Semiotic theory’s basic principle is that meaning is made by the deployment of acts and objects which function as ‘signs’ in relation to other signs.” Barthes’ article is all the visual dements within an image that can be employed as signifiers. But not all the visual elements are connotators so there always remain purely denoted elements. He…

Central concepts in Saussure's theory are signifier and signified, which together constitute the sign itself. In The Picture of Dorian Gray, Wilde is dealing with these two concepts - signifier and signified - which acquire quite unexpected roles. While it is not the only symbolic element in the novel, the portrait of Dorian Gray is by far the most evident and central…

as it first shows up. Also, on the topic of ladies’ celibacy, the film takes a conservative stand . In any case, one thing that recognizes these DMK movies from a later kind is the accentuation on the correspondence of a "message". Of the mix of signifiers that constitute a film, the exchange rules, as it investigates, mocks, denounces, censures and urges. K. Sivathamby, who called attention to this division alluded to them as the two periods of the DMK…

Catholic vs. Protestant Within today's society, there are many religions that impact our perception and the way we worship. Catholicism and Protestantism are two very known religions within the world today. There are significant differences between the two religions, from their views on salvation, to their views on traditions, to even the teaching authority of the Roman Catholic Church which is referred to as the Magisterium. Even with these differences between the two faiths there are followers…

the cap and bought a bunch of dried flowers, it just made the cap became a flower vase. It looks simple, however, it adds ‘beauty’ to the studio. I create the flower cap by making the empty trash cap and give it a ‘life’, has it own meaning. The signifier that I find in the object is recycling materials into useful object and bringing beauty to around. Using daily waste to create art is not only for beauty but also for environmental purpose.…