LIFE AND LITERATURE

  DENOTATION AND CONNOTATION           A connotation is the feeling a word invokes. But take note! A denotation is what the word literally says. If these words were on a trip, connotation would be the baggage, and denotation would be the traveler. A connotation is the baggage a word or idea drags around. The word “baggage” often has a negative connotation. If you say someone has baggage, unless they’re at the airport, you mean the person is lugging around some drama. Some words, like “awesome birthday cake,” have a positive connotation. Here are some other examples: “Long before the Christian era, people celebrated the winter equinox. Let’s remove religious connotations and call it the winter equinox break.” (Washington Post) “I kind of hate that word ‘collector’ because it has such a financial investment connotation.” ( Los Angeles Times)         ...

Sign and Symbol Introduction:- In Language studies, the sign and symbol help to understand what language is. The linguistic sign consists of two parts, the signifier and the signified. Sign:- The sign is a physical marker which gives a direct, brief and precise meaning. The signifier in the sign is the word which signifies and the signified is the object that is signified. The word 'tree' does not signify the object that is 'tree' because the object tree has different names in different languages. The word tree represents only the concept or image of the object that we have in our minds. If the word tree signifies the actual object tree, then in all languages the word for the object would have been 'tree'. A word is made by joining some sound image and then it is used to represent the concept or the object that exists in the mind. There is no logical reason why a certain combination of sounds is chosen to represent the concept. The relationship between the word ...

  KING LEAR                                                        -WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Summary                             King Lear  is a play about blindness – blindness to others’ motivations, blindness to one’s own true nature, blindness to the emptiness of power and privilege, and blindness to the importance of selfless love. Lear’s only desire is to enjoy a comfortable, carefree old age, but he fails to see the role his absolute power has played in shaping his relationship with his daughters, whom he expects to take care of him. Once he loses his power Lear gains insight into ...