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Representations Of Ex-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher In The Media

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An investigation into representations of ex-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the media

Text A: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/apr/08/margaret-thatcher-hugo-young
Text A is an article from the The Guardian. This title of the article immediately signals to the audience what kind of the opinion Hugo Young, the writer of the article, has on Margaret Thatcher.

Text B: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/margaret-thatcher-dead-daily-mirror-1819253
Text B is an article from The Mirror. The title forces The Mirror's view that Thatcher 'broke Britain' on the reader.. This immediately tells the reader The Mirror's opinion on Thatcher and how much they despise her. The title also says Thatcher turned Britain into something 'crueller and …show more content…

The title shows clearly shows the writer views Thatcher as a significant figure in Britain's history and that without her Britain would not be the same.

The title of Text A, 'Margaret Thatcher left a dark legacy that has still not disappeared' creates the idea that the period of time in which she ruled is a stain that just will not go away. The past participle verb 'left' is used to signal how little people want this stain and how it was put there against their will. The verb 'disappeared' could also be used to show how people much want it to go away and how much they want to forget about it. The title sets the tone for the rest of the article by giving a brief summary of what the article is about and the opinion of Hugo Young.

At the start of the article Hugo Young uses the noun 'creature' to dehumanise Thatcher and make her seem like a animal. Young also refers to Thatcher as 'The milk snatcher'. This is a nickname given to her after she removed free milk from secondary schools in 1971. Young plays along with this view of Thatcher as a villain. The fact that she was given the nickname 'The milk snatcher' shows how much she was despised and hated by a large portion of the population. Later in that paragraph, it says she had 'a chemistry that repelled' all the 'significant males in Edward Heath's cabinet.' This tells the reader how little she cared about others in …show more content…

The noun phrase 'Iron Curtain' is used and refers to the imaginary line that separated Soviet Union influenced countries and countries that were not influenced by the Soviet Union. Another noun phrase used is 'consumer-centric'. The lexical framework used in the text allows it to appear sophisticated and influence the audience's opinion by doing so. This persuades the reader to think like the writer and share the same opinion.

The article uses juxtaposition to show the divided opinions of Thatcher. The adjective phrase 'sacred monster' shows how Thatcher was feared by some but also how she was revered by others. This provides the reader with the two most dominant opinions of Thatcher. Many people liked her and many disliked her and the two opinions are shown in the adjective phrase.

The writer also refers to Thatcher as the 'Iron Lady'. This was a nickname given to Thatcher to show how strong-willed and

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