Probe the difference between image and reality, drawing support for your analysis from one or more texts we have read in class. Write an essay that compares the figure, group, or idea with what you have leaned about it in the course readings.
Explain the representation of historical figure, group, or idea (connected to reading)
Compare it to the reading
Where does the image come from? Who produced it? Why?
How is the person/group/idea represented in the picture?
Is the " idealized in the picture? How? Why/
What does the text (or texts) you read from class reveal about the idea?
In what ways is the reality "messier and richer"?
Thesis: characterize the relationship (sim/diff) between image & text(s)
Early in the essay, you should identify, describe, and analyze the image, so that the reader understands your interpretation of its significance. Develop your analysis using textual evidence primarily drawn from the course readings.
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