PULP FICTION Shit The word áçshitáè is used as a single utterance which is used to express oneáæs feeling towards somethings. For example, when Jules (Samuel L Jackson) is being tricked, he expresses his anger by saying áçShit!áè áçShitáè is also used a lot to as the word áçthingáè. Vincent (John Travolta) says that: He isnáæt gonna have a sense of humor about that shit.
In this line, áçshitáè can be refers to a possible adultery he talked about in the previous conversation. And in line: No, forget it, it's too risky. I'm through doing that shit.
The áçshitáè means robbing a bank which is áçtoo riskyáè. In these two examples, áçshitáè is used to refer to things the characters are talking about. And by using áçshitáè, the characters convey a sense of contempt to the things they are talking about.
However, shit is also used to refer to things which the characters have no contempt to at all.
The line: It's real, real, real, good shit It is spoken by a drug dealer, the áçshitáè is referring to drugs. The character is selling his drugs and is sincerely admiring his drug. We can see that áçshitáè is used as áçthingáè, however, it shows the speakeráæs attitude towards the thing referred. And the attitude can be either positive or negative.
Asshole The words áçassholeáè and áçmotherfuckeráè are used as one single utterance to curse people. We find that when a character is really angry at other characters, he will call them áçassholeáè or áçmotherfuckeráè. áçAssholeáè is always used to express anger or hatred towards another person, however, áçmotherfuckeráè is not.
Motherfucker áçMotherfuckeráè is used to show contempt towards other people but it is also used to address people without any attitude invovled. In Marsellusáæs...