Domestic Abuse Awareness
In this advertisement displaying the brutality of the innocent, APAV Victim Support conveys a manipulative and fearful attitude towards the innocent; that utilizes text, imagery, and appeals, the advertisement publicizes the need to confess of these critical situations.
APAV Victim Support utilizes a compelling diction by the equivocal meaning that the text conveys. The multi-meaning of the advertisement’s text stated is a literal example of the manipulation from the picture acting on the text. You can infer from the image that the phrase, “Silence Hurts”, communicates a deeper moral context. The silence refers to the covert behavior by the victim; afraid to rebel against the offender. The hurt attributes to the mental and physical abuse the victim is experiencing. The text indicates a fearful demeanor by representing the victim’s contradicting thoughts, literally and metaphorically. Continuing on the dark path of silence is the origin of the
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With first glance of the unjust image, it leaves you with an unsettling mood. The manipulation can be viewed through various aspects of the picture such as the dark coloring or the placement of the victim and the abuser. Dark colors from the image force the audience to receive an eerie feeling. The victim has a monotonous expression, to mask the look of fear and possible shame directed to the abuser and their self for continuing to bear the pain. The abuser is controlling the victim’s actions and thoughts to follow in his favor shown by a man’s finger covering the lips of the innocent. The action portrays the idea that the victim is complying to the abuser to avoid excessive punishments in a sense of fear. Fear has stemmed from the dark black ring that perfectly fits the eye of the innocent, unfair abuse. The darkened silence developed as a result of the fear possessed by the