The trope I chose is the Titanic original movie poster, one of Hollywood’s most iconic films. The movie, released in 1997, tells a story of an epic fiction romance based on a true tragedy. The Titanic, or the Royal Mail Ship Titanic, was one of the worst marine time disasters in history (USA Today). The…
Awareness and campaigns highlighting the issue of homelessness come in many forms. Below I have detailed a book cover, a billboard advertisement, and a digital poster that all work, in different ways and media forms, to raise awareness of the ongoing struggles of the homeless population and encourage viewers to offer their support. This book…
Many people’s first if not only introduction to the goth subculture is through popular media. While it can be exciting for the subculture to receive any recognition, the representation is often stereotypical and stigmatized. There are a few ways that goths are usually portrayed in pop culture, so I have compiled three examples that portray…
When most people think of the flag of the United States of America, they do not tend to think of it as a ‘trope’. The flag is more typically thought of as a symbol, but its status as a symbol for everything American has created fertile grounds for its use as a trope in the…
Tropes show up in all sorts of media and art in everyday life throughout history, with their meanings changing over time. The Greek Demi-God Hercules is a popular metaphor for remarkable strength or tenacity, which has become an identity given to heroes of everyday life or even people of great physical talents. It even has…
Dr. Victor Frankenstein This is a movie poster for the film Frankenstein. It would have been viewed by moviegoers as they browsed the posters on the movie theater wall advertising the various films being shown. By the time it was made into a movie, the story had already been around for a century, so viewers…
Trigger warning: mentions of sexual assault Any kid born in the early 2000’s has likely heard of the Percy Jackson series. A modern take on ancient Greek mythology, it sent a whole generation into a mythology frenzy — inhaling books and pretending to be half-bloods, picking which gods they wanted as parents. True to most…
What comes to your mind when you think of Hispanic/Latino culture and people? Some may think of the spicy food, tacos or quesadillas. Perhaps the appearances: sombrero hats, colorful ponchos, and mustaches. Or maybe even jobs, like Mexican restaurant employees and housekeepers. The portrayal of Hispanic people and culture in the media today greatly overgeneralizes…
Tropes can be found all throughout the world in different societies. Things can be taken from their original meaning or setting and interpreted in different ways for different people. One trope in society is the cross. There are various uses for the cross in today’s society. A well-known use of the cross is a general…
Tropes – defined as recognizable plot elements, themes, or visual cues that convey something in the arts – are all around us in our everyday life. There is one particular trope that has long been the face of America since she first made an appearance; the Statue of Liberty. In 1885, America was gifted the…
The trope that I chose for this assignment is the usage of the rainbow to represent gay pride for the LGBTQ+ community. While the rainbow flag is a common trope that represents gay pride, the rainbow colors itself have created its own trope that can be translated into gay rights and gay pride. The first…
The three Fates spinning the web of human destiny, sculpture by Gottfried Schadow, 1790, part of the tombstone for Count Alexander von der Mark; in the Old National Gallery, Berlin. The Fates, otherwise known as The Moirai, are a group of three sibling goddesses who are responsible for the individual destinies of mortals at birth.…
The Little Dutch Boy image is an example of a trope, a figurative use of a word, expression, or image, that has been used over time and become part of American pop culture. The original story of the Little Dutch Boy was created by the author Mary Mapes Dodge in 1865 in her book…
A trope is an image used within the media often enough to be recognized in different settings. Tropes often can have an underlying message or can be used to project a specific stereotype to their audience. For this assignment, I wanted to use a product that has been around for many years and has evolved…
Hello Everyone, I hope I am not too late with my post. I have been so busy and honestly didn’t have much time to remember or walk around the outstanding design, but I passed by Target and decided to use it as my choice. I always thought that their logo was so on point and…