Dexter: Credits Connotation and Denotation
Dexter is a TV series about a person who works at a Miami police department and at the same time, living a secret life as a serial killer in the evenings hunting down murderers who have slipped through the cracks of the justice system. In this video, it shows Dexter's morning routines but everything that he does seems to be in a violent way.
Denotation
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Connotation
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Slapping of the mosquito after it sucks Dexter’s blood
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There are evil people in this world who are trying to kill
Dexter, but he is also a serial killer capable of killing and doing violent
things
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Shaving his beard, cut on skin from razor blade
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Using sharp everyday objects with power like using a knife
to kill people. Blood being shed
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Wiping blood off and putting on band aid
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Covering up his crimes and wiping
evidence.
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Cutting up meat and searing
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Process of killing and deforming body to cover evidence
and identity. Slowly cutting a person limb from limb.
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Eating ham
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Joy of killing his victims.
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Cracking Eggs, slicing eggs and squirting of ketchup
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Physical violence and quick slicing. Squirt of ketchup
suggests blood being spilled during process.
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Blending of coffee
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Blending flesh of victims to avoid any evidence
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Crushing orange
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Gouging victims from the inside
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Wrapping dental floss and ropes around finger tying shoe
laces
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Slowly choking victims with rope tightly. Tying shoelaces
suggests tight wrapping of ropes when covering victim with a body bag.
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Shape of face and putting shirt on
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Covering up identity
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Walks out of apartment door with smirk
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Suggests that he knows that he will get away with the
killing
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