Essays on Connotations

Words have different definitions according to experience of those receiving the words. The meaning of the words nature has different connotations, and these connotations have changed according to the changing views of society. Thus, the definition of the word “nature” is more fluid than words on a page might indicate. The etymology of the word comes from the Latin “nat,” meaning to be born. This word morphed into the more current - at least in terms of language - “natura,” which has several different meanings. The first meaning of this root is the idea of birth. From a religious ...

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Advertising is form of communication that is directly invoked in passing critical messages to the target audience. It is also termed as a promotional mode that has persuasive instincts of swaying buyers to a given direction. Therefore, advertisements for sales promotion are destined to orient the thinking and perception of buyers to a given product. While there are different forms of advertising, the main message expressed by these ads is always the same, and it holds one precept of persuasion to the target audience. It is the backdrop for competitive edge that most advertisers come up with different messages, ...

The Confederate Flag has long been a symbol of the American South. Many claim that the flag represents a racist culture, one that fought to keep blacks in slavery, and one that continues to try to limit equal rights for African-Americans. Others believe that the Confederate Flag is just a symbol of Southern history and pride. Recent events in the country have brought this controversy to the forefront of American consciousness once again. The racial connotations of the Confederate flag originate from its beginning. It was first developed as the battle flag for Robert E. Lee, who commanded the ...

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1. Rather than use focus groups to test its branding and messaging, New Belgium used insiders in the bike community and brewery friends who had a personal history and knowledge of the brand. Evaluate this decision. Should New Belgium have used the more traditional approach to ensure the widest possible input to its marketing strategy? Absolutely yes. The brand is relatively new as compared to others in the market. The share of the craft segment is just around 4%. NBB needed to establish the brand quickly in ...

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They are more expensive to form than hiring outside consultants. They allow for management to allocate resources at will to various projects as the needs of the company change. They are expected to coordinate work without ongoing direction from a supervisor or manager. They operate across time, space, and organizational boundaries using means other than face-to-face meetings. Question 2 When Kathy gains self-awareness by understanding how others view her and how she is shaped by others' opinions of her, she is best reflecting the concept of ____. self-serving bias social mirror projection factor social dilemma

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The era of European civilization was marked by the French Revolution. The epoch was entangled in dialectic movements that tore it between romanticism and rationalism. The period marked the pick of literary works with several artists fronting different ideologies and eventual rejection of classicism. The fronting of romanticism came as a revolt against the intellectual order that had been glorified by rationalism. The critical period gave birth to great artists like Gerard Hopkins who followed in the footsteps of his father became an iconic figure in literary and poetic works that defined the era of romanticism (Caldecott 121-42). The ...

For Saussure (67), the linguistic sign is constructed through the relationship of two other notions: the signifier and the signified. The arbitrariness of this relationship is what advertisers take advantage of in subliminally showing a different meaning to their advertisements. The same can be seen in the advertisements for Axe’s Excite and Dove’s Go Sleeveless deodorants. Whereas the former’s Even Angels Will Fall ad conforms to the fantasies that men have regarding their masculinity, Dove’s commercial conforms to the supposed liberation of women by going sleeveless. Advertisers subliminally change this meaning by associating a different ...

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The role of the media in societies cannot be overemphasized. While media can have a positive impact on the society, some of its tenets can have far-reaching implications for the stability of social settings. The media has been blamed for promoting certain tendencies that defile the integrity of the society by propagating some ideologies and beliefs that cause rifts or compel some people to the periphery. For instance, ethnicity is one of the issues that have been negatively constructed by the media. Even though the initial intention of the media was to entertain and promote certain values in the society, ...

Uncle Tom's Cabin is written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The book describes an important era of human history that amazingly pushes the readers to a next thoughtful level. The novel is hugely ascribed with intensifying civic consciousness regarding the harms and iniquities of slavery. The text takes the readers through a sentimental but realistic journey of slavery, which degraded the human etiquette in the corresponding time. Her attributions reveal the relations and associations of the Civil War. Literary importance of the book is quite well addressed but the prose is not of a higher quality. It is not atrocious but, it is ...

In Samuel Beckett’s Company, he uses variations of the word “devise,” “deviser,” “device,” and “devising.” In this paper the use of these words, which are used by Beckett with some frequency will be analyzed. The words will be analyzed as per their meaning, and in how “meaning” fit the contextual elements of Beckett’s text. The paper will be argued from an etymological perspective, to investigate whether words have different forms of meaning, and how Becket may be playing with the meaning of words. Although Beckett bombards the text with formations of the word “devise” in a seemingly absurdist ...

The novel A Good Man is Hard to Find written by Flannery O’Connor tells a story about a family that is going out on vacation. The story uses a couple of literary aesthetics to tell the story. One theme that stands out is his evident use of religion, and Christianity for that matter. Through the Grandmother and the misfit, one gets to see how a Christ- like incarnation and the grace of God are brought out. There is recognition of divine powers in the story but then one is not mislead when looking at the Misfit as an anti- Christ figure. Nevertheless, ...

- Feminist Criticism of Cat in the Rain by Ernest Hemmingway The Short story presents to the reader a desperate wife immersed in the world of boredom, and her husband does nothing to improve the situation. Instead, the husband makes it worse because he does not pay attention to her. She is suffering in isolation in an Italian hotel by the beach far away from home. This short story fits into the feminist criticism because it is evident there is the presence of a patriarchal figure who seems superior to the woman, who wants her freedom from her confinement. Male ...

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‘Subject’ “The Birth-Mark” and “The Cask of Amontillado” – A comparative study Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne are two important contributors of the nineteenth-century American literature. Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most celebrated authors, posthumously though, of the past century. Some of his stories are almost autobiographical, and though he lived in a previous era, his ideas were far ahead of his time. Nathaniel Hawthorne is an author, whose works are even today cited for seeking ethical guidance. His stories urge the reader to analyze his moral confusions. This essay is an attempt to compare and ...

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Examining Bell Hook’s Contribution to Debates About Gender and Race

Introduction The dawn of the 20th century paved the way for the second wave of feminist where Bell Hooks or otherwise Gloria Jean Watkins emerged as among the most renowned thinkers that contributed to the debates about gender and race. Among the most notable contributions to gender and race debates are the theories that provided the standpoint for feminists. The myriad of claims encompassing in the debates on gender and race states that knowledge is something that is socially situated in ways that marginal members of the society particularly women can be made ...

Perhaps one of the most disturbing television commercials shown on air was Kraft’s The Zesty Guy Gets Steamy. In this commercial, a handsome, physically fit man carries on with his culinary activity in a subtle yet teasing manner. He speaks in a low, sexy tone and establishes his hotness with a few playful gestures: smacking a ladle, staring at a butter bar and laughing mischievously when it melted with his stare, and opening a pot of boiling water only to get his shirt wet with the steam and exposing his nipples and sexy body.

Does the commercial make you feel uncomfortable? Why? Why not?

The commercial did not make me feel comfortable because of the ...

Identity, Sense of Belonging and Sense of Place

Introduction The concept of place has primarily geographic connotations, as people tend to associate place with a specific location on the surface of the Earth, detectable on a map. Nevertheless, when thinking of place there are also symbolical values associated with this concept, entrenched in one’s memory, nostalgic recollections of past events or landmarks. These values and memories are reflected, through emotions and feelings about a place, and this creates the sense of place. The sense of place defines who we are and contributes to understanding our individualities. As we have different perceptions regarding our sense of place, we acknowledge ...

Oscar Wilde is a unique representative of the Victorian era in the English literature. The most valuable ideas of his works are rejection of egoism, permissiveness of personality, ethics and moral principles. All of these them Wilde illustrates in his play “The Importance of Being Earnest”. There is something exceptionally ironical in the title of the play itself. It may be interpreted for the both meanings of the word – as a treat of character that lacks practically every person in the play, and as a name of the fictional and at the same time real character of it. The point is ...

A song can be generally defined as being a voice composition which is performed by the act of singing, the song words tend to have a rhythm or are poetic in nature. The two songs that I have chosen are; ‘Your Racist Friend’ by the group known as They Must Be Giants and ‘When Fredric Was A Little Lad’ by Gilbert and Sullivan. The song genre of the song ‘your racist friend’ can be classified as modern rock while the song ‘when Fredric was a little lad’ can be classified as a comic opera which typically is a comic play which usually incorporates songs ...

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Many novels have been enjoyed by many book readers as they contain interesting story that made book fanatics keep on reading the succeeding books. There are even books that were adapted by film producers so to provide enjoyment to moviegoers. Similarities of the story between the book and the film are comparable enough to distinguish by its readers and watchers. However, even if the film version was successfully produced and adapted what is on the book version, there may still have some contrasting scenes and parts between the two versions that can be distinguish by critics. This will respond ...

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Culture is deep rooted in the civilization of any nation, which can be seen from this picture that shows a woman with her traditional outfit wearing burka, robe and scarf sitting in a chair near a pool where a young girl in her bikini is sitting beside the pool. In fact, the word nation is used to refer to a group of people who share a common language, culture, history, ethnicity and descent. In the picture, there is a very young girl of 25 years Saudi Arabia in her traditional outfit. Hence, in this regard, culture happens to be the soul of any nation and provides ...

According to Stein (2004), a policy is a “system of thought and action used to regulate and organize behavior” (p, 5). From my own understanding, a policy is a set of rules or laws that aim to control or monitor behavior to ensure that the rights of the citizens are protected and to ensure that these citizens are accorded the privileges they are entitled to. I also used to think that policies are very objective, that they are “black and white,” which means that they are based on facts and figures and that their implementation is uniform and based on standardized practices. However, ...

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“To Waken an Old Lady”, by William Carlos Williams, is a poem which focuses on old age and its connotations. The poet makes use of different elements of poetry, such as language, style and content, to make the poem appealing and at the same time easily comprehendible. Carlos Williams always tries to express his views in an American context and the rhythm of his poems reflects the speech pattern of common American people. He was one of those few people who were able to communicate poetically with an average American. He uses scenes and incidents from everyday life in his ...

In the two decades leading up to World War II, there was considerable criticism leveled against the genre of the comic book, because there was the fear that the multicolored magazines would lead to the erosion of conventional literacy, including such competencies as the ability to focus on plain text, read sequentially from left to right, as well as the misguided notion that conventional literature dealt with acceptable subject matter that steered clear of controversy, while comic books had edgier content (anyone who had read James Joyce, for example, knew that this last claim simply was not true). Once ...

World War II and the time immediately following World War II was a strange, uncomfortable, and uncertain time for the United States. There were many forces at work, particularly during the early years of America’s involvement in World War II, that threatened the very fabric of American society as it had existed up until that point in history. The world underwent so many vast and rapid changes that the governments had to work very hard to ensure that they kept their populations under control. During World War II, most Americans were just becoming familiar with the idea of ...

In the wake of the height of colonialism and imperialism on the world stage, in which it was socially acceptable for more powerful social and economic powers to control less powerful nations, post-colonialism as an academic discipline has risen. Here, the issues surrounding colonialism and their effects on modern society are investigated in depth, emphasizing the human consequences of these cultural legacies. Through the help of theorists such as Chinua Achebe, Barbara Christian, and Henry Louis Gates, post-colonial criticism seeks to investigate exactly why certain subcultures (usually pertaining to race and gender) have certain connotations attached to them, and ...

Chicanos and Mexican American are terms generally used to refer to people of Mexican descent, living in the U.S. These terms however have different origins and connote varying meanings depending on the context they are used. Presumably, these terms can be viewed as the precursors to similar terms such as Latino and Hispanic. There is no precise and accepted theory as to the origin of the word Chicano. Various theories have been advanced in this regard. One theory obtains that the word originated in Chihuahua, a Mexican City. Under this theory, it is believed that ‘Chi’ was added to ...

Terrorism

It is a common saying in many news media across the world, “war on terrorism”, but has anyone ever tried to figure out the root cause of terrorism. In our world today, many governments are facing terrorists groups like Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabab and the likes, making their administrations difficult (Assaf 98). An excellent example is the Bush administration that waged war on terrorism after the 9/11 attack on U.S.A (Assaf 78). Terrorism history can be traced back to a time in ancient Greece. Since then, a lot of terrorist acts have taken place throughout history (Chaliand & Arnaud 54). It is evident that the ...

- Introduction - Introduction/ Opening Statement - Thesis Statement: Having students wear student uniforms promotes unity, distinction, safety, self-confidence, and affordability that could improve a student’s overall performance in school. - Benefits of School Uniforms - Uniforms are good as they are cheaper to purchase instead of purchasing expensive casual clothing for school. - Uniforms promote school unity and community, allowing students to mingle and identify themselves within the school. - Uniforms could also be used to emphasize distinction, especially in cases when a student does a crime. - Uniforms keep students safe against ...

On trying to teach children what constitutes success, one would most certainly accentuate the notion of working hard, never giving up, fighting for what one believes in and desires for himself. However, Tom Tykwer’s Run Lola Run goes beyond this simple notion of working hard and one will get what one wants, no matter what. By allowing the movie-goers the privilege to see three different outcomes in his narrative structure, with different causes and thus, different consequences, and revealing a highly intense mise-en-scene relating characters to colors, he introduces the questions of whether a human being can really achieve what ...

The Nazis, in the true spirit of their time, grew a massive in-house propaganda machine over the course of their short reign in Germany. They did this using many different media, including print, film, and simple word-of-mouth. In this paper, we will look at the various ways they used propaganda to sway opinion in their favor and to convey their message to their audience, the German civilian population. 1. Plan of Investigation How best do we go about gathering information on the topic? One way is to gather the key media they were using to convey the propaganda ...

When seeking to understand a word such as modesty, the best place to begin is with a dictionary. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, modesty has two parts to its definition, including “freedom from conceit or vanity” and “propriety in dress, speech, or conduct.” The etymology of the word links the word to the Latin modestus, which means “keeping within measure” or using moderation (Blakemore and Jennett). From the dictionary definition, it is easy to understand the basic way in which the word is used. The example, “She accepted the award with modesty” describes a person who displays both freedom from vanity and ...

A Critical Analysis of “She dwelt among the untrodden ways” by William Wordsworth

A Critical Analysis of “The Pool Players” by Gwendolyn Brooks The poem entitled “The Pool Players” written by Gwendolyn Brooks was particularly interesting due to an interplay of three literary elements: the form, the content, and the figurative language used. The current discourse hereby aims to provide a critical analysis of this particular poem using these three elements. Likewise, one would eventually assess how these elements affected one’s response to the poem, in its entirety. The form was unique since the diction (“the term that describes the use of words in written and oral expression” and ...

The individuals of the same sex vividly use the term homosocial to implore an assortment of situations and the relationships mutual. This although virtually is used to in the various instances to exclusively refer to the relationship between men which has the sexual inference in an angle that depicts the contrast of the term homoerotic. The contrast that is derived in the two terms helps vividly to explore the and explain the cloud of contrast that is being derived in the connotations that the various scholars try to link the two terms together. The term, which on the ...

The 2012 U.S. Presidential Debates A month or so before the actual election, a series of presidential debates were established to help people decide on whom to vote between Republican nominee, Governor Mitt Romney, and Democrat nominee, President Barack Obama. With the polls neck-and-neck and many of the registered American voters still undecided, the Republican Party and Mitt Romney brought their A-game to the table and eventually, and without any doubt, won the first debate. The astounding results left many critics and Americans wondering what impact this will have on Election Day. It was then found out later ...

Compare and contrast the views of Tylor-Frazer, Marx-Freud, and Durkheim-Geertz

Religion, according to Tylor and Frazer, consisted of the belief of individuals in the existence of supernatural beings who wielded incredible power; they believed it was a rational and conscious decision to believe. Marx believed that alienation was the primary cause of religion, as it helped to keep classes apart, and said it was the "opium of the people," while Freud thought it was an illusion that people wished to believe in to simply have something to believe in. Durkheim and Geertz, however, believed that religion itself was based around the sacred - in symbols, or totems, that had either ...

Learning a language can be quite troublesome for a novice, however with time and practice the fluency and sentence construction comes automatically without making a conscious effort. A small mispronunciation or a fuzzy structure of the sentence can lead to a complete change of meaning of the entire sentence and therefore it is important to maintain current collaboration of words, grammar and sentence structure. It may be easy to interpret the meaning just by knowing the words however the actual sentence is constructed only once all the words and related grammar falls into place. For example, the words ‘Sun, ‘Rises’ and ‘East’, may be ...

The consideration that many make with regard to individuals who choose to have body art, tattoos and piercings is that they are scary or, in some way, less sophisticated than those who do not. Historically speaking, this is an extremely modern day controversy as originally, in western culture, tattoos were prominently associated with naval men but today, they are more commonly an aesthetic decision to indelibly mark the body with an image. Although many claim that their tattoos represent various things of importance to them, they lack the discreetness of their naval predecessors and body art often covers a significant ...

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The purpose of this essay is to examine the various approaches to behaviour interventions for children with Autism. This essay will focus on approaches concerned with the fields of development and social-relations. During the course of the essay, I will discuss the Floor Time approach, Relationship Development Intervention, the Denver Model, Pivotal Response Treatment and SCERT. These approaches will be examined and critiqued with regard to their positive and negative points. In my conclusion, I will discuss the key points from the body of the essay whilst drawing my own overall conclusion about the main areas of importance whilst ...