the special character of symbols?pls tell me more abt symbol?

Answer 1

As a Media teacher before I retired this was the most important thing I taught.
DENOTATION those few things that are FACT.
e.g 2+2=4; there is a sun; mammals give birth to live young; the exact price of a Big Mac today in a specific McDonalds
CONNOTATION - things our society says are true.
e.g. it's nice to be rich; if you work hard at school you will succeed; coloured people are good at sports; if some-one wins American Idol they are talented.
(1)As you can see some things society says are not true.
(2) Some connotations vary in different cultures
e.g. in New York life is precious; in Morroco, North Africa it is more important to be a good host and to live a life for Islam. Nobody is wrong just different.
Society needs somethings to re-enforce their belief so SYMBOLS are created.
e.g. symbols for toilets re-enforce our society's connotaions of the differences between men and women being huge.
Many symbols are so in-grained in our society we do not see how stupid they are.
Connotation red rose = Love. Every-body knows that.
Think -Love can be pure, joyous, and for ever.
A red rose grows in dirt, (best in manure), has thorns that hurt, and only lives for a few days.
Look around at symbols that re-en-force a culture the flag, podium president (and other people of apparent authority) stand at all make Americans believe in authority and 'The American way'. So that the population believes and votes in idiots.
Desks, chairs, teacher at front, are a symbol of what? Why not sit in circle on the grass?
Shopping centres are packed with symbols of a society that worships money why? Why not just barter at home.
Clothes are huge symbols of who we think we are why? Why not be as naked as we were born.
Most symbols benefit certain groups of people at the expense of others and can be changed. Women do not have to cover up as they did in the past. Blacks do not have to drink from seperate water fountains etc. But to change these things requires sacrifice of time, jail sometimes, campaigning often etc.

Answer 2

Open the Character Map by clicking Start>Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Character Map. This will show you all the special symbols available to use.

Some of the symbols have keyboard shortcuts for inserting them. For example:
½ can be inserted by pressing (and holding) the ALT button and then typing 0189.
¢ can be inserted by pressing ALT plus 0162.
° can be inserted by pressing ALT plus 0176.