Signifier

and Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town is the passage of time. An author reviewing the poem in “Poetry for Students” remarks, “Used to tell time long before the invention of clocks and calendars, the seasons, heavenly bodies, and weather are ancient signifiers of time as it passes.” Both the poem and the play use changes in the seasons and weather to express the passing of time. Each text focuses on how time passes without thought until death. Recurring lines in the poem mentioning the seasons,…

emphasis this in his references to Saussure’s “two-part model of the sign” (Chandler, 2002), which provides an explanation onto why the name and location may be causing confusion to the patrons. Saussure two-part model discusses how the listener of a signifier which in this case be the word “café” would psychologically associate it with “other elements associated with it in a linguistic sign” (Chandler, 2002) which is the signified. In terms of the name, The Apricot Tree Café, when a listener…

(Shams et al. 2016, p. 59). According to (Parmalee 2009, p. 182) says that, film posters from the past in effect have transcended the purposes for which they were originally made and become icons, signifiers that have the potential to convey a greater meaning than the studio marketing and publicity departments who created them intended for them. By comparing these two posters, Expendables 1 & 2, people will know better about the genre of the movie and…

2014). Its evolution is born from a societal shift to valorise the ‘celebrity’ image (Suddreth 2009). Particularly this affords prominent public figures as signifiers of wealth and status (Griffith et al. 2014). Green et al. (2014) remark that celebrities promote conspicuous consumption and a lifestyle of excess. Artists within popular music categories accordingly demonstrate practices associated with an ‘opulent’…

Surgical precision is necessary when attempting to transform an ugly life experience into a transcendent reading experience. Often, seasoned writers and critical readers dismiss the discussion of word choice and figurative language as pedantic and pedestrian, the importance of each is a given. However, word choice and figurative language are the backbone of all writing. They are the spine from which the vertebra of all literary technique grow. In the absence of the mastery of either, a writer…

INTRODUCTION Chuck Palahniuk’s 1996 cult novel Fight Club and it’s subsequent film adaptation, directed by David Fincher, are a prime example of internalism’s importance in adaptation, to the extent that the protagonist is known widely as the Narrator in the absence of any other name being given. The narration in the film is massively important as the majority of the plot, as we find out near the end, has actually taken place inside the Narrator’s own head, and so the view the audience gets…

What we wear is the front visual representation of us and in most cases it assists individuals in co-ordinating socially with their interactions amongst other individuals, such as with the choice of clothing being as a signifier, we can attest meanings behinds their clothing such as their social roles or profession. By knowing this one can have a clearer picture on how to socially interact with…

The New Edition was one of the premier R&B groups to exist. The group reached its height of popularity during the 1980s. They were the progenitors of the boy band movement of the 1980s and 1990s and led the way for groups like New Kids on the Block, The Boys, Boyz II Men, Hi-Five, Backstreet Boys and NSYNC. Their music was intrinsic and exemplified what R&B was during that time period. Their song’s, like “Hear Me Out” and even “Candy Girl”, were R&B songs that represented all I’ve spoken to.…

What constitutes the ideal body is in constant flux, due to shifts in the cultural zeitgeist (influenced by factors including scientific and technological advancement). As such, the consensus of what currently constitutes the ideal body in the Western world is fundamentally different to that of the 1980’s. While the effects of scientific and technological advancement are important, it is necessary to question whether the changing notion of body image is due to changing social values or whether,…

In a Sugar Factory, on the east side of New York City, a woman sphinx was created. This figure was created in 2004. It was 35 feet high and 75 feet long. The figure had busty breast, full lips wide hips, and big buttocks. Artist, Kara Walker, created a woman made of bleached sugar, bare of clothing, and a hair tie around her head. This sculpture was a reminder of where she is from and tell the story of the people behind the sugar trade. The decaying sugar used to build this piece…