LITERATURE REVIEW Semiotics is an important concept when it comes to studying media and communications because we use signs whether it is seen‚ heard or felt in order to communicate. Umberto Eco (1975‚ p.7) defines semiotics in a broad sense that it is ‘concerned with everything that can be taken as a sign’ however it is unclear specifically what a ‘sign’ is‚ Daniel Chandler (2007‚ p2) elaborates further on Eco’s definition by stating that semiotics is ‘anything that stands for something else’.
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4. RIGHTS OF PRISONERS A convict lodged in a prison is not denuded of all fundamental rights though it is true that he does not enjoy all the fundamental rights like other persons because of the fetters imposed on him in accordance with the law. In an American case on prisoner’s right‚ i.e. Procunier v. Martineg the court emphasized that since the liberty of a prisoner is constitutionally curtailed due to his confinement‚ his interest in the limited liberty left to him becomes all the more substantial
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Commonwealth a novel by Ann Patchett is the story of marriage‚ divorce‚ happiness‚ death‚ love‚ survival and the Commonwealthunconditional love of family. In an attempt to avoid his growing family on Sunday‚ a family day‚ Bert Cousins crashes Franny Keating’s christening party‚ telling his wife it’s a “work thing”. He brings along the only thing he had around the house that might pass as a gift‚ a big bottle of gin. Bert Cousin’s bottle of gin mixed with the juice from the Keating’s backyard orange
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Literature Literature (from Latin litteraetantri (plural); letter) is the art of written works‚ and is not bound to published sources (although‚ under circumstances unpublished sources can be exempt). Literally translated‚ the word literature means "acquaintance with letters" (as in the "arts and letters"). The two major classification of literature are poetry and prose. "Literature" is sometimes differentiated from popular and ephemeral classes of writing. Terms such as "literary fiction" and
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Lord Byron’s poetic work "The Prisoner of Chillon" tells the struggle between a person’s ending their suffering and accepting it rather than holding on to the hope of freedom. The author uses symbols to represent the immediate end of suffering‚ acceptance of defeat‚ and succumbing to torture in competition with hope‚ strength‚ and faith in eventual freedom. The symbolism of the chains represents the prisoners’ bondage. When the eldest of the prisoner’s younger brothers died‚ the chains were removed
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Ecocriticism is the study of literature and environment from an interdisciplinary point of view where all sciences come together to analyze the environment and brainstorm possible solutions for the correction of the contemporary environmental situation. Ecocriticism was officially heralded by the publication of two seminal works‚[citation needed] both published in the mid-1990s: The Ecocriticism Reader‚ edited by Cheryll Glotfelty and Harold Fromm‚ and The Environmental Imagination‚ by Lawrence Buell
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Text analysis The story “The story of an Hour” under analysis is written by an American author of small stories and novels‚ Kate Chopin. There is one trait that characterizes all her works - it is a question which she leaves open to think‚ she never puts a dot in her stories‚ giving the reader a possibility to create the end in his own way. She makes up both for children and adults. Her writing activity is not accepted by the public of her time‚ especially after publishing in 1899 the most famous
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the tale of John the Baptist shows her modernising of the tale as it is subverted to suggest that Salome has had a one night stand‚ thus showing the theme of promiscuity. The story reverts to the original towards the end when John’s head is found to be on a platter as this is the occurrence that takes place in the original story. The fact that the head is now in her bed shows a modern take on this occurrence. This shows that her actions are an attempt at female empowerment instead of showing her personal
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Chesnutt’s conjure stories subvert post-Civil War plantation fiction because they touch on the horrors that slaves went through at the hand of their white masters. How African American are treated lesser than human beings. They are objects to whites that can be moved anywhere at the right price and without a moment’s notice to the person and their loved ones. He does not try to make it seem like everything will end up okay in the end. All of the characters do not get a happy ending. The stories bring up matters
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The film “In Whose Honor” follows the activism of Charlene Teters‚ a brave Native American woman who fought for the respect of her culture. Teters made the move from Santa Fe‚ New Mexico to the University of Illinois after being recruited by their art department to add diversity (Rosenstein‚ 1997). Upon arrival‚ she was told to be quiet‚ get her degree‚ and attempt to ignore the mockery of her culture and spirituality (Rosenstein‚ 1997). Teters‚ raised in a traditional Native American community‚
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