An Analysis of a Political Cartoon in the Washington Post
In the political cartoon depicted in Figure 1 below, Signe Wilkinson, editorial cartoonist for the Washington Post, uses a religiously inspired triptych design to show a sexual abuse victim, the predatory clergy member perpetrating the offense and the blind eye being turned toward the affair in a sequential fashion to emphasize the ongoing controversy rocking the Catholic Church. The purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of the techniques used, points made, and what lessons can be learned from this cartoon. In addition, a discussion concerning the use of colors and their meaning as well as the ironic language used is followed by a summary of the analysis in the conclusion.
Fig 1. Political Cartoon by Signe Wilkinson August 20, 2018
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Review and Analysis
In the political cartoon depicted in Figure 1 above, Wilkinson uses a triptych (a work of art that is divided into three sections) that has long been used by the Catholic Church to portray biblical scenes of significance (Mazzani 74) to communicate the message that the church has too often failed to protect its most vulnerable parishioners from the sexual predation of its clergy....
Works Cited
Mazzoni, Cristina. “A Roman Triptych of Holy Women.” Magistra. vol. 22, no. 1, Summer 2016, pp. 73-77.
Wasserman, Benjamin D. “Searching for Adequate Accountability: Supervisory Priests and the Church's Child Sex Abuse Crisis.” Duke Law Journal, vol. 66, no. 5, pp. 1149-1153.
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