Caricature

When asked of what a man is supposed to be, most people would reply strong, tough, blunt, and essentially a badass. In literature, we would define these type of people as “hard boiled”, meaning that they are tough both on the outside and on the inside. In The Maltese Falcon, Sam Spade, a rugged San Francisco detective shows many resembling traits of a hard boiled detective, but also has the ability to show some compassion when necessary. Part of what defines a detective as, “hard boiled”, is…

Through a comparative study of texts, connections can be drawn which both challenge and reinforce responder’s perspectives on universal values which endure and remain relevant through changing contexts. Jane Austen’s didactic literature Pride and Prejudice (1813) and Fay Weldon’s epistolary work Letters to Alice (1984) encapsulate values inherent within each respective society whilst simultaneously challenging and reshaping reader’s understanding of these ideas. Through Pride and Prejudice,…

common black stereotypical characters and reinterprets them in contemporary ways. For example, the image of Aunt Jemima, a mammy, which is a black character that is historically known for being the caring house servant for the white family, is a caricature that Charles often critiques in his work. Similar to Charles, Colescott plays upon the notion of Aunt Jemima in his painting Cactus Jack at El Dorado where he paints a well endowed black woman who cooks pancakes, which is clearly a reference…

in comic books, and comic strips that continue along a single storyline, which depict stories of romance and adventure. The cartoon mode is an art style that is highly stylized and non-representational. The cartoon mode art style, also known as caricature, is a style that greatly exaggerates a part of a person’s body or features. Cartoon mode art style is normally used in comics where slapstick comedy, a style that involves exaggerated physical activity that exceeds the normal physical…

Day of the Dead is a holiday that is celebrated by many different races such as Mexicans, Catholics, Italians, South Americans, Philippines, and Colombians. Catholics call this holiday “All Soul’s & All Saint’s Day” and Mexicans call it “Dia de los Muertos.” The reason why this holiday is celebrated is because they spend a lot of money on their self-sufficient, rural based, local families, and families that have been deceased for a period of time. Most people that celebrate this holiday…

towards marriage serves to emphasize how the Victorian upper-class focused on trivial and vain matters. Wilde’s characters, through their actions and speech, satire the Victorian upper-class society and its institutions. As aforementioned, this caricature focuses on the importance of family, religion and…

“witches” like the girls did in Salem, the patriarchy seeks to degrade women’s rights activists by giving them demeaning labels. Resulting from this derogative name-calling is a negative stigma associated with feminism. Men represent the feminist as a caricature figure for all to see: a fat, bitter lesbian who refuses to shave her armpits. It is no surprise, then, that out of a sense of self-preservation, many women publicly reject feminist ideology. Name-calling is a surprisingly effective…

commanders in Rome. Nast captioned the second one “This is the way the South received it” were he portrayed Lincoln as furious gladiator stomping over a confederate soldier. The south viewed Lincoln as an aggressive conqueror who overpowered them. The caricature portrayed and obvious difference in size between Lincoln and the southern soldier and Lincoln looking down at him with a bloody sword commanding him to surrender while he lays helplessly trying to defend himself. Nast’s cartoon…

Everyone initially asked preformed an over feminized caricature of the action. Then the video pans to the same query asked to a group of girls between 10 and 12 and due to their innocence to the term they preform each action to the best of their ability rather than stagnated. After the former group is asked…

It is an awesome and fascinating book by Enid Blyton. In this book, Jack, Philip, Dinah and Lucy-Ann first became friends and find themselves spending the summer at Craggy-Tops, with Philip and Dinah's Aunt Polly and Uncle Jocelyn. We are introduced to some of the wild creatures which Philip carries about his person — including mice and a squirrel — and it's interesting, as the series progresses, to see how many different kinds of animals he manages to tame. Craggy-Tops is an isolated house, old…