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Deconstructing Cartoons Worksheet

● a woman and a man


People: What kinds of
● The woman wears expensive clothes
people are in the image?
● The man wears a suspender? His hands in the pocket
What are they doing,

literally?

● the woman’s house?


Objects: What physical
● Hand bag
items are included in the
● Setting: in city, brownstones(New York)
image? What do these
stand for or symbolize?

● challenging the stereotype that men plan everything. In this photo


Debatable issue: What
the woman ‘decide’ whether she wants to go on the next date and
is the contentious or
she can order the man that he should wear suspenders
controversial issue that
● This image might show how old traditions are being replaced by
the cartoon comments
new traditions that female bring into the society
on?

● Simple art style


Artist's technique: To
● Image in black and white
what degree is the
artist's style abstract,
iconic or realistic? Is
there use of caricatures,
exaggerated features,
symbols?

● Ironic setting and situation


Humour technique:
Ironic, parody, satire,
understatement, pun,
black humour,
juxtaposition, analogy,
allusion?

Artist's purpose: women bringing a change in existing mindset


What is the artist's
biased perspective on
the issue? What is
his/her call to action?

Agree / disagree: agree


What side of the debate
are you or other people
on?

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