Hey all! Not sure if this is the right subforum, but I had a question
about themes. I recently had to do a paper analyzing tobacco ads
from various magazines. I was to select several themes that were
prominent throughout most of those ads. I had selected what I
thought was 3 themes, however, my professor considers them 5
themes. I was wondering if anyone else would agree with the
professor?
"After examining
each ad, I came to several conclusions regarding their portrayal: they
displayed either sophisticated or homely traits, provoked an aura of mystery,
or issued a sense of glamour and rebellion."
Could those 3 groupings be considered 3 different themes?
I also had an issue with her regarding the usage of homely. As
she describes it, homely denotes a negative connotation. However,
I had looked it up prior in the dictionary and was able to find an
alternate meaning of "simple" and "unpretentious." I even had an
argument about using down-to-earth with hyphens.
"It provides a more down-to-earth feeling and
doesn’t selectively outcast the reader according to their persona, much like
the sophisticated ads."
Any and all criticism accepted and if anyone wants a copy of my paper to critique, please let me know.