ENG 1121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: The Graphic
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Impossibilia and adynaton are the words classically used for rhetorical tropes, which translates from latin to mean the impossibility of addressing oneself accurately. War is an incredibly large topic which is virtually impossible to fully cover. It is hugely complex with all different perspectives. There has been a large level of censorship, that was only recently lessened in north america, to exclude any images that don"t promote the advantages of war, but show the struggle and the loss. This censorship still exists on some level in many places, as imposed by the government. Political expediency is a term used for political propaganda to make people think that war is good and trying to recruit men. There is a large amount of squeamishness involved with the depiction of war, in battlefields, in red cross tents and such. The first breakage of that barrier was when the united states went into.