Question

Compare the written description of the Boston Massacre to the image depicting this historical event. Which details are emphasized in both mediums? How do the different depictions of the event affect the meaning? Your response should be at least two complete paragraphs.

Answer 1

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In these two depictions of the Boston Massacre, there is an apparent similarity between the events in the written description and the actual image. In the written description, it describes the tension, confusion, anger, and fear between the soldiers and the citizens, and how when that explodes, it's nothing but chaos, bloodshed, and gunpowder. It also shows this in the image where the citizens are running for their lives and getting caught up in the confusion, where the soldiers are just blindly following orders and opening fire on civilians. In the image you can also see how the gunpowder just adds to the confusion and chaos.

Although they are about the same thing, the written description shows more detail and events leading up to the massacre, whereas the image only shows the event as it's happening. For example, the excerpt describes how the tension was growing due to an increase of people, shouting, and the throwing of snowballs and sticks, whereas in the image, it's harder to see the tension that was once there because it's already been broken.

The image and the excerpt give two different affects to the event, because with the excerpt, it shows more of the confusion and misinterpretation, so you you would be able to understand the situation of both the soldiers and the citizens. Yet, in the image depiction, it is more of an opinionated view because there is no background to the story, so when you only see the soldiers killing civilians, you go completely against the soldiers and it becomes more of a "massacre" than what is depicted in the written version.

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Answer 2

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The events recorded in the written narrative appear to correspond to the true image in these two depictions of the Boston Massacre. The literary narrative describes the tension, astonishment, wrath, and panic between the soldiers and the citizens, as well as how when this explodes, all that is left is chaos, bloodshed, and gunpowder. Citizens are fleeing for their lives and being involved in the pandemonium, and soldiers are merely carrying out orders and firing on civilians, as shown in the photograph. As seen in the illustration, the gunpowder simply adds to the confusion and chaos.

Despite the fact that they are both about the same thing, the written description contains more information and events leading up to the massacre, whilst the visual merely depicts the event as it occurs. For example, the text indicates how tension was rising as a result of more people, shouting, and the hurling of snowballs and sticks, yet the image makes it difficult to see the tension that was once present because it has been shattered.

The image and the passage have two different effects on the incident, because the snippet depicts greater uncertainty and misinterpretation, allowing you to better grasp the soldiers' and people' situations. However, because there is no backdrop to the story in the image depiction, it is more of an opinionated view because when you simply see soldiers killing civilians, you go fully against the soldiers and it becomes more of a "massacre" than what is represented in the written version.

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