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    In the poem "Blackberry-Picking" by Seamus Heaney‚ the speaker conveys a literal description of picking or harvesting blackberries by using imagery‚ metaphors and similes‚ rhyme‚ and diction‚ but the speaker also conveys a deeper meaning of the poem through his description. By using imagery such as "heavy rain and sun‚" "glossy purple clot‚" "red‚ green‚ hard as a knot‚" "stains upon the tongue‚" "red ones inked up‚" "thorn pricks‚" "rat-grey fungus‚ glutting on our cache‚" "canfuls smelt of

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    company ‘Panzini’ in order to illustrate the three types of messages identifiable within an image. He describes these messages as ‘linguistic’‚ ‘non-coded’ and ‘coded’ messages. He identifies how images can hold significance for the reader beyond their literal meaning. Firstly‚ one can apply the first of three messages that Barthes articulates‚ the ‘linguistic’ message. The linguistic message can be described as the textual components of the advertisement. In this particular advertisement there is paragraph

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    eventually split into two different tribes one savagery and the other civil. This book is Allegorical story meaning that it conveys two different stories one literal and the other by using literary devices such as symbolism to convey a story more relevant to the world. The island‚ the conch and the beast are an important part of both the literal and allegorical stories. The island is an example of an allegorical element; in the

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    Many novels are an allegory‚ a novel in which it has a literal meaning and a metaphorical meaning. Sometimes the literal meaning is important but many readers will lose the meaning of the literal part of the novel. This is especially true in the novel‚ Grendel. The zodiological and philosophical content in the novel‚ Grendel‚ have pushed out the whole other perspective of the novel‚ which is in Beowulf’s point of view. The first way the other perspective is lost by the philosophical and zodiological

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    offers both a surface and a deep meaning for readers to infer. In Frost’s poem “Mending Wall‚” he states a literal wall damaged by others and nature is being repaired by two neighbors; however‚ through profound analysis the wall is a symbol in which the neighbor established as a psychological barriers to protect his emotional scars.

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    languages around the world. The English translations have seen many different titles‚ including In Camera‚ No Way Out‚ and Dead End. The most common and accepted of all the title translation‚ however‚ is No Exit. The translation is derived from the literal meanings of the title words in French: “huis” means “door” and “clos” means “closed”. Thus‚ taken one step further‚ since the term “closed door” is associated with a sealed-off entrance‚ the translation became No Exit. However‚ every language has

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    http://my.ilstu.edu/~ewells/cjs102/CommonvsCivilLaw-Chart.pdf ‚accessed 10/04/2013‚ civil v common appendix 2‚ 3‚ http://home.loxfordlaw.co.uk/unit1/notes-on-statutory-interpretations ‚accessed 10/04/2013‚ application of literal rule‚ application of the golden rule where literal rule would result in accused not being guilty. .

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    passing that particular statute. Statutes are not user friendly. They are written in technical form and not too easy to understand (ambiguity). The words used in statues may have different meanings which indicate different results. Moreover‚ the literal meaning of statutes may not be capable of dealing with every circumstance (London & North Eastern Railway Co v Berriman). This is why statutory interpretation is necessary. RULES AND APPROACHES The basic constraint or norm involved in interpretation

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    is produced by the ‘interaction’ of different cognitive systems. Interactionists generally claim that the ‘cognitive contents’ of metaphors can be true‚ even though they are not amenable to literal expression.

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    Cultural differences and translation of idioms Language and culture are closely connected and inseparable‚ as a language idiom is the essence of the deposition of the fascinating history and culture. Because of geography‚ history‚ religion‚ customs and other aspects of life differences between Chinese and English Idioms carrying characteristics of the different cultures and cultural information‚ so English-Chinese Idioms often encounter many difficulties. From the geographical environment‚ historical

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