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Drama semiotics Flashcards

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Sign

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A form of communication which we recognise

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Signifier

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A gesture, image, sound, pattern or event that conveys meaning

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Signified

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The meaning the gesture, image, sound or pattern conveys

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Connotation

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The feelings and ideas associated with the word or object - not the literal meaning

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Denotation

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The literal meaning of a word or object

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Key

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Freedom / escape / locked away/secret

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White Coat

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medicine / science / authority

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Candle

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Light in the darkness of life / truth / human life

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Rose

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Love / passion / romance / pain (thorns) / beautiful but dangerous

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Spooky music

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causes tension

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Birdsong

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suggests it is morning

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Silence

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creates dramatic tension

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Whispering

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can represent secrecy

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Spotlight

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isolation

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Bright light

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normality

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Darkness

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fear

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Torchlight

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suspense

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White

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light, purity, chastity, innocence, truth, modesty, peace, femininity

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Black

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gloom, darkness, woe, night, death, dread, terror, mourning

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Grey

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humility, melancholy, resolution, sadness

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Red

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blood, heat, fire, anger, hatred, cruelty, tragedy, shame, destruction, power, passion

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Orange

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warmth, laughter, contentment

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Yellow

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liveliness, gaiety, cowardice, decay, deceit, sickness

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Brown

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plenty, warmth, contentment, happiness

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Green

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youth, vigour, immaturity, contemplation, immortality, peace, solitude, jealousy

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Blue

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cold, melancholy, serenity, truth

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Violet

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sadness, quietness, purity, love, wealth

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Purple

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royalty, heroic virtue

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