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Metaphor Project - Metaphor
Description
The image above can be depicted as a
metaphor because of the replacement of typical norms associated with this particular
setting. Every component of this image is significant and has an important role
in giving the viewer context clues for understanding the metaphor.
This image was taken in front of the
elevator on the first floor of the Flagler College Proctor Library. Any person
can identify that this is an entrance way with a welcome mat, a typical object
in front of doorways. In the image a person is walking on and over a welcome
mat to get to their destination. The action of someone walking on and over
someone also represents someone who lets others ‘walk over them’ and could be
described as someone who is not confident in themselves and takes on others ‘dirt’
and problems. For most college students this is not an uncommon label due to
the many people that they are meeting and getting to know on campus. Most
college students are also discovering who they are and let others influence and
leave their ’print’ on them. The humorous look on the individuals face who is
stepping on the door mat represents how others take joy and pride from walking
over others.
The
reading, An Introduction to Postmodernism, describes how multiple substitutions
can be made to create different meanings. The image above being a metaphor for
someone who is passive, indecisive, and complacent, further represents how substitutions
made reflect a paradigmatic shift. Paradigmatic shifts pertain to the
substitution of things that have similarities. The door mat in the image is
being substituted for a person, which are both nouns.
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