Film Analysis The Leonard Raven Hill s Visual Creation...

The futility and controversy surrounding the First World War, defined as the time period between 1914 and 1918, prompted many literary scholars and social critics to voice their opinions regarding contentious affairs. Expressed in different forms, Leonard Raven-Hill’s visual creation titled ‘The Elixir of Hate’, published in a satirical paper; ‘Punch’, serves to highlight the first full scale use of chemical weapons employed to inflict extensive fatalities on the allied forces. Published only 13 days after the German use of Chlorine gas in the Second Battle of Ypres, it is inevitable that such actions receive vehement critique by Raven-Hill, who’s illustrations during this time period directly address this issue. Importantly, the significance of this visual and its relevance within this time period pertains to the fact that despite the presence of international conventions and laws, they remained inefficacious and inefficient in obtaining inter national order. This essay intends to critically analyse the visual by investigating various themes present; notably, German brutality, German ambition and the Hague Conventions. German Brutality: Known for his prominent advocacy for British Imperialism, Raven-Hill does not hide his patriotism, with his conniving and evil depiction of Kaiser Wilhelm. Displayed as concocting deathly â€Å"poison† with billowing smoke forming the devil, Raven-Hill explicitly alludes to the brutality of German methods of inflicting maximum damage on theShow MoreRelatedLogical Reasoning189930 Words   |  760 PagesAnother way of saying this is that your audience should see that the conclusion follows from the reasons given to support it. ────CONCEPT CHECK──── Which of the following passages contain an argument in our technical sense of that word? a. I hate you. Get out of here! b. Im sure Martin Luther King Jr. didnt die during the 1960s, because it says right here in the encyclopedia that he was assassinated in Memphis in 1998. c. The Republican Party began back in the 1850s as a U.S. political