1930
Poster for a living mermaid
What was the Drypool Feast!?
Most village feasts were associated with the dedication of the parish church. There is a minor feast of title on 1 st
August, St. Peter ad Vincula. The feast was held in the second week of August, and if one makes allowance for the calendar alterations in 1751, the link with the patronal festival will be
seen.
Location
No standardisation
Formal language description
Possibly false accusations
Overplaying or inventing true life stories
Aware of traditional fairy tales
Lower class prestige Affordable
Other attractions – obscurities
British colognes
Lexis
“A person or a thing of no particular or notable type or kind”
“lacking distinctive or interesting characteristics”
Monkey – DarwinismBat – Mouse and a Bird – strange combinationSeal – Victorians saw Seals as mermaid like creatures, cross between a fish and a dog.
Lexis
Very small person or thing
Broadened meaning
‘tasteful’Shows prestige
Small ‘real’ as they don’t want to draw attention to scepticism
Graphology
Main feature of the poster. Used to entice the audience and advertise the show.
Number of different fonts – because of the absence of pictures, it makes the poster more eye catching.
Pragmatics
Social unawareness of deformity.
Shows there is a social hierarchy