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  1. How would you describe the mood of this poster? How do the colors, symmetry, overall setting, and representational figure contribute to the mood?

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    Questions: - How would you describe the mood of this poster? How do the colors, symmetry, overall setting, and representational figure contribute to the mood?
  2. What does the sun symbolize in this image? Consider how its shape, placement, and color suggest multiple meanings.

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    Questions: - What does the sun symbolize in this image? Consider how its shape, placement, and color suggest multiple meanings.
  3. What associations does the central statue-like figure evoke? Is she an allegorical figure? If so, allegorical of what?

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    Questions: - What associations does the central statue-like figure evoke? Is she an allegorical figure? If so, allegorical of what?
  4. With which negative stereotypes of suffragettes does the central figure of the painting contrast? How might she be viewed as reinforcing any of the stereotypes?

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    Questions: - With which negative stereotypes of suffragettes does the central figure of the painting contrast? How might she be viewed as reinforcing any of the stereotypes?
  5. An art critic interpreted the banner that the figure holds as follows: “The poster’s slogan appears not as an argument or battle cry, but as an unassailable truth, an ‘inalienable right’ whose time had come.” Explain why and how your interpretation supports, challenges, or qualifies this view.

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    Questions: - An art critic interpreted the banner that the figure holds as follows: “The poster’s slogan appears not as an argument or battle cry, but as an unassailable truth, an ‘inalienable right’ whose time had come.” Explain why and how your interpretation supports, challenges, or qualifies this view.