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In the short film The Dam Keeper, the word "darkness" has a negative connotation. The word is described negative in the film because it represents the depression and conflict the main character was dealing with. According to the film, the main character was being bullied in school because of his appearance. Although he was the one keeping the darkness away from the town, no one appreciated him.

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In the short film The Dam Keeper by Robert Kondo, and Daisuke Tsutsumi a dam keeper named Pig has to keep the darkness from flowing into his small town. The definition of the word darkness is -an absence or deficiency of light. The connotation is negative.

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In the short film The Dam Keeper, the word darkness has a negative connotation. The definition of darkness is the partial or total absence of light. According to the novel, Pig let the darkness overflow the town when he found out that Fox, his only friend drew a picture of him which read, "Dirty P..."

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Darkness means sadness, and despair. It can also literally mean no light, where most people think everything is shrouded and nothing can escape. The connotation of the word is negative.

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In the fiction short film The Dam Keeper  the word darkness had a negative connotation. The meaning of the word in the short film is sadness and depression. Darkness is also a symbol for bullying and all of Pig's problems. Therefore, at the end of the film when Pig finds out that even Fox (who he considered a friend) made fun of him, he let all of the darkness come and overflow the town which reflected his feelings. Everyday, Pig went and cranked the windmill which pushed the darkness away. In the begining of the film, it states, "Dad always told me that the job of the Dam Keeper was to keep the darkness away." This shows that he has been pushing the darkness away for a long time. Also, when he goes on the bus, the people all make fun of him and do the same thing which shows that they have been doing that for a long time. But when he finally makes a friend, he thinks that
she "backstabbed" him. That was the final straw for Pig. Therefore, he let the darkness overflow. The denotation of the word darkness is the partial or total absence of light: the office was in darkness. according to the New Oxford American Dictionary.

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The word darkness has a negative connotation.

Denotation: the partial or total absence of light.

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The definition of darkness is the partial or total absence of light. But, in the short film, The Dam Keeper directed by  Daisuke Tsutsumi, and Robert Kondo the definition of darkness is a feeling. It means that there is nothing to guide you through sorrow, and hardship and pain. As pig states “ Dad had always said the job of a dam keeper is to keep the darkness away. But he never told me what to do when it surrounds you." That is showing that although it is sunny outside that the darkness is still there, from people, and from the world. The windmill  pig pushing away all of his feelings, angriness, and sorrow. When pig assumed his frond had abandoned him, he let the darkness come. The connotation is negative.

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Darkness: Wicked, twisted, or evil

Synonyms: sinful, evil, immortality, despair, sadness, nothingness, aloneness,

Connotation: Negative

In the short animated film, The Dam Keeper darkness plays a factor. The main character who was a pig and his name was pig, his job was to keep the dam keep. His job was to keep the darkness away using his windmill, but when he felt betrayed by his friend who was a fox and his name was fox, pig let the darkness in and did not maintain the dam. This shows that darkness has a negative connotation because it is representing betrayal which is not a good thing.

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Darkness: The partial or total absence of light; wickedness or evil.

Connotation: Negative

Connotation: Despair; alone; sadness

In "The Dam Keeper," the connotation of darkness is negative. It represented loneliness and giving up since the pig assumed that his only friend had abandoned him, and so he let the darkness fall.

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In the fictional short film "The Dam Keeper" Darkness has a very negative connotation. Unlike when the word is used to describe something without light, it is used used to describe evil and wickedness. Darkness was the bullying, the loneliness, the sadness all pulled together into one gloomy cloud trying to take over the town. But the little pig was pushing it away. He was trying to ignore it and the more and more it came he would just put on his mask which protected him. The mask was his only way of not letting his feelings get to him. So, when he did let the sadness come, he didn't have to feel the pain the suffering but to pin it on everyone else.

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Negative

wickedness, evil

In the short film, "The Dam Keeper," the word darkness plays a big role. For example it shows all pigs troubles. Pig gets rid of them, by blowing it away with the windmill. The darkness also symbolizes the towns fear and troubles. In this case the connotation of darkness is negative.

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In The Dam Keeper, the word "darkness" has a negative connotation. The connotative meanings of darkness is loneliness, because the pig was lonely in the dark, and had no friends.  Another connotative meaning of darkness is sadness or evil.

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Darkness: the partial or total absence of light.
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Darkness: wickedness or evil.

Connotation: Negative

Example:
-"My dad always said the job of the dam keeper was to keep the darkness away. But now I am doing it alone."