ENGL 102W Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Synecdoche, Sex Symbol, Simile
10 Dec 2015
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Lecture #23 nov. 24 the death of marylyn monroe. Famous body of marilyn monroe was a symbol of men"s sexual fantasies. Parts representing the whole; parts of her body representing the whole: there"s meaning in the diction & the grammar in the synecdoche. Why not her mouth, her eyes, her arms, her hair, but instead it"s the mouth etc: it is now just a corpse, just a body. But it"s not, it"s marylin monroe"s body the most famous body there is. It should be special b/c it"s monroe, but it"s not. Leads us to think about the pov of the paramedics. Of course moving the hair matters it"s monroe, her hair has to look a certain way. Shows that the paramedics are tending to the image (trying to keep her image alive, even though her body is dead?) What is so significant about seeing the corpse of. Lineation of each other"s eyes they can"t look into each other"s eyes: synecdoche.
