ENGL 1005H Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Euphemism, Ejaculation
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Picture: you construct intricate rituals, which allow you to touch the skin of other men . Type of short story (genre): pastoral short story. Talks about the comforts of rural retreat. Innuendo: an oblique hint, indirect suggestion; an allusive remark concerning a person or thing. Euphemism: that figure of speech which consists in the substitution of a word or expression of comparatively favourable implication or less unpleasant associations, instead of the harsher or more offensive one that would more precisely designate what is intended. Double negative, cancels each other out leaving i"m queer : is a confession of his sexuality. Acts as a denial of ennis"s queerness. *a statement that reveals and denies his sexual identity* Sexual relationship so far in the short story. Secretive: only the two of them , believed themselves invisible . Joe aguirre sees the relationship between the two men and uses the innuendo ranch stiffs never did much of a job.
