Exaggeration

Good morning and welcome to Current Affairs Week. My name is Ellie O’Brien and I’m here today to deconstruct and analyse a political cartoon, which is shown here on the screen. This cartoon by Cathy Wilcox was published in the Sydney Morning Herald on 1st October 2014. I will begin by talking about the context of the cartoon, then move on to the two main satirical techniques used, and I will conclude by evaluating the effectiveness of the cartoon. So now let’s look at the context… A report in…

tragedy and the comedy. Satire was used for many reasons such as humor, exaggerations, and irony to expose and criticize people’s stupidity, particularly in the context of politics or other topical issues. Candide was written in 1759 by a man named voltaire to explain that everything that happens, happens for a reason no matter how tragic it is. I believe that his satire is held up in today’s society because people use exaggerations, humor, and ridicule other people’s contemporary politics…

Antony, in his eulogy, presented himself as filled with grief and loss; however, a form of subliminal persuasion and manipulation is used to sway the Roman people in his favor. The loyal friend of Caesar appeared to be supportive of the conspirators, but his devotion to the true king never wavered. While he praised the conspirators for being “such honorable men”, Antony admitted how he grieved for his friend. He utilized paralipsis in his cajolery, stating that “I speak not to disprove what…

viewers, it is difficult to imagine a different ending. Chronologically, the ending would be Butch and his girlfriend leaving the city, but emotionally it has to end with the two hit-men (Bailey, 2013, p.48). Tarantino uses violence with humour by exaggeration as well as stylisation, making the audience laugh about violent events. Miramax recognised Pulp Fiction’s potential and helped through their marketing to make it into a successful…

Satire has the power to persuade and influence the reader to view the poets/authors viewpoint and used to expose various flaws within society such as foolishness, corruption, or racism. Bruce Dawe, a poet famous for his use of satire, criticises aspects of his society during the end of the 1960s, and the start of the 1970s in the following poems; “ A Victorian Hangman tells his love,” a poem criticising blind obedience of such a cruel and inhuman act, and “Weapons Training,” of how our attitude…

use of hyperboles to further enhance the setting. The first hyperbole is used to further enhance the tone by making the setting more vivid. Frost does this by describing how his character would “watch his woods fill up with snow” (Frost 4). This exaggeration places emphasis on the fact that it is snowing, and this quote also shows how much snow has fallen. Both of which allow a clear serene picture of snowy woods to be pictured because it is something the majority of people have experienced.…

when the book was written. Atwood extrapolates the ideas to their extremes, showing the danger of their acceptance. The absurdity and outrageousness of her exaggerations give the novel a warning tone to the reader that these conservative principles must be rethought and abandoned. Atwood satirizes conservative beliefs through her intense exaggeration of religious intolerance, divided women, and racial and sexual intolerance. ¬ Throughout…

Birth order is entirely meaningless due to divergence, different environments, and exaggeration being the real reasons why siblings are different. Multiple studies prove that your order of birth doesn’t really affect you at all. An article wrote on this confirming the information and giving factual evidence.There has been a huge study of over 300 thousand people confirming it. Moreover, the researchers claimed that the studies were the biggest ever studies conducted on the birth order issue. If…

unusual and great as the landmark itself. It is the story of a hyperactive, unstable craftsman whose ability and determination moved the venture, even as his sense of self and fixation debilitated to destroy it. It is the account of hucksterism and exaggeration, of an enormous open works venture amidst a monetary sorrow. What's more, it is the narrative of many normal Americans who abruptly discovered themselves suspended high on a bluff face with drills and mallets as a Danish artist they…

In court, a man explains that he did not hear the police enter his home because he had the television on and is partially deaf. The police say that he was resisting arrest. It makes you wonder, what is truth? Truth is what a person believes to be true. Truth varies from person to person and is imperfect; it is influenced by one’s knowledge, one’s limited view, and one’s emotions. As O’Brien said, “There is no clarity.” For example, to the villagers of Salem, Massachusetts, their truth was that…