1/28/2004   slide 21
Levels of Significance
Final scene from Planet of the Apes.
The Statue of Liberty shown here represents not just “a famous statue representing liberty” (denotative), but all of human culture and the planet Earth itself (connotative/synecdochal).
Powerful example: seeing the statue of liberty in NYC is to see the referent of many photos. People find a photo moving depending on citizenships, personal associations--avd experience. In original  Planet of the Apes…[explain plot if anyone hasn’t seen it] image is incredibly moving, works at many levels.

Note that: the humans the apes have conquered can’t talk (as the apes can and the main human protagonist)….