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INTERPRETING INTERPRETING POLITICAL CARTOONSPOLITICAL CARTOONS
What are the contents, methods, What are the contents, methods, and purposes of political and purposes of political
cartoons?cartoons?
Contents and MethodsContents and MethodsArtists use a variety of methods or devices to make a Artists use a variety of methods or devices to make a
cartoon political or editorial, such as:cartoon political or editorial, such as:
SatireSatire CaricatureCaricature SymbolSymbol MetaphorMetaphor IronyIrony SarcasmSarcasm StereotypeStereotype
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SATIRESATIRE - - uses humor to lower uses humor to lower something or someone in the reader’s something or someone in the reader’s or viewer’s estimation. It is not mean-or viewer’s estimation. It is not mean-spirited and its point is not to harm. It spirited and its point is not to harm. It exposes human folly to make room exposes human folly to make room for improvement. for improvement.
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CARICATURECARICATURE - - exaggerates one or exaggerates one or more features of a person or thing. It more features of a person or thing. It attempts to say something about the attempts to say something about the person/thing’s character, beliefs, person/thing’s character, beliefs, actions or significance.actions or significance.
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SYMBOL-SYMBOL- represents something represents something else. It is often a material object that else. It is often a material object that represents something abstract or represents something abstract or invisible (for example, the Statue of invisible (for example, the Statue of Liberty to represent freedom).Liberty to represent freedom).
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METAPHOR-METAPHOR- uses an object to note uses an object to note a similarity to something else. For a similarity to something else. For example, using a tiger to represent example, using a tiger to represent one nation invading another.one nation invading another.
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IRONYIRONY-- expresses an idea through a expresses an idea through a contradiction between something’s contradiction between something’s literal meaning and the intended literal meaning and the intended meaning. For example, picturing a meaning. For example, picturing a U.S. president with a crown on his U.S. president with a crown on his head. head.
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SARCASM-SARCASM- is a form of irony. The is a form of irony. The element that turns irony into sarcasm element that turns irony into sarcasm is the appearance of mockery, or is the appearance of mockery, or bitterness.bitterness.
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STEREOTYPES-STEREOTYPES- works by taking a works by taking a real or imagined trait of an individual real or imagined trait of an individual to be true of the group to which the to be true of the group to which the individual belongs. They express bias individual belongs. They express bias and can be unfair and harmful.and can be unfair and harmful.
What is the purpose of a What is the purpose of a political cartoon?political cartoon?
To expose one of two gaps;To expose one of two gaps;1. The gap between appearance and 1. The gap between appearance and reality.reality.2. The gap between what is and what 2. The gap between what is and what should be or could be.should be or could be.
They attempt to expose hypocrisy, point They attempt to expose hypocrisy, point out pretentiousness, laugh at arrogance, out pretentiousness, laugh at arrogance, deflate the powerful, and give voice to the deflate the powerful, and give voice to the underdog.underdog.
