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Denotation: Two hands wearing different attire are seen in the picture. A paper containing the words "VOTE" is being held by one of the hands. There are three different images in the paper, indicating three candidates. There is a green tick mark in the paper's first image. In this picture, the other hand is holding an envelope containing US dollars.

Connotation: The picture casts the electoral process in a negative light and draws attention to issues especially voter manipulation. This image illustrates how a candidate's vote on a ballot can be exchanged for cash, showing how the candidates are buying the support of the voters to win an election.

Myth: This picture demonstrates how financial incentives are the only way to ruin an election. People will have doubt for political systems when there is corruption involved in the voting process. This will lead to widespread criticism and fear in political systems worldwide.

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Denotation: There is a fat guy wearing a formal attire yet fancy sitting on top of the gigantic globe while crying and looking down on the earth. The man is wearing a dark blue hat with a yellow line as a pattern of the hat as well as a matching dark blue suit including a yellow shirt under the brown vest. Additionally, the man is also holding a stack of money in his hand, there are also tons of money in his pockets including a gadget such as a laptop floating in front of him displaying a chart. Furthermore, the man is pouring down coins to the earth using his other hand.

Connotation: Based on the picture, it shows that the man seems to be very wealthy because of how much money he has that it is portrayed in the picture. Apart from that, the laptop that he owns is displaying a chart which could potentially mean that it is showing how well his business is doing. Moreover, having him sitting on top of the world, it shows that the man isn’t just anyone but a powerful man that could control everything due to how wealthy he is. This picture concentrated on the economic power such as how certain wealthy individuals are able to influence or control the world especially their influence on the global affairs. Lastly, the man crying could also be a sign of guilt because it could imply that the man has a sense of remorse for the excessive greed and capitalism that has been done.

Myth: The man sitting on top of the world, named Marco is known as a God of wealth. He distributes money to every part of the planet in order to make everyone rich and wealthier than they were before. In addition, he tends to toss out all of the coins he has whenever anyone comes looking for him. His fortune in infinite so he has no worries about running out of cash every now and then. Despite the amount of wealth he provides to the people, he would often cry his heart out because he is all alone up in the sky without any partner to accompany him.

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Denotation: The politician holds multiple faces or masks on his hands. He is indecisive about which face or mask should he be putting on. He wants to put on the most irreproachable face while dealing with the media or the public.

Connotation: Politicians always show something that the public wants to see despite that is not how they truly feel. They only show the emotions that are wanted to be seen by the public. Politicians are hiding their true colours behind those masks.

Myth: This picture shows us that we cannot always believe what we see at the surface. We need to be rational in judging something instead of being emotionally driven by what others expect us to act. It is also important to remember that we should not judge a book by its cover because not everything is as simple as it seems.

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In conclusion, all of these illustrations are mostly showing the dark side of politics, more specifically the dark side of these powerful people in politics. Most of these politicians are either caught embezzling the government's money or giving false promises towards their people. Other than that, some of them are even using money to bribe to get away from trouble and escape from jail. By using Barthes’ theory in semiotic analysis, we were able to uncover the underlying message from these illustrations and discover that there is more to the image than we can see in the naked eye.

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Denotation: The picture shows a cartoon version of two well-known people. A big hand is lifting the exterior of a matryoshka doll that looks like Vladimir Putin to reveal a smaller doll that looks more like Donald Trump inside. The Trump doll seems startled or taken aback. There's also a visible smartphone with the Twitter logo that appears to be floating or falling close.

Connotation: The concept of hidden layers of control is suggested by the use of matryoshka dolls. The larger doll, which resembles Vladimir Putin, is being removed to reveal the Donald Trump doll inside. This suggests that Putin either controls or is nested within Trump. On top of that, the Twitter logo alludes to Trump's extensive use of Twitter and other social media during his presidency. When all is said and done and considerations of control, manipulation, and influence are taken into account, the composition as a whole suggests a commentary on the relationship between Trump and Putin.

Myth: This image's mythology stems from the notion of covert power relationships and influence among global leaders. Putin is portrayed as the outer layer and Trump as the inner layer, suggesting that Putin controls Trump. Moreover, this narrative is consistent with some political commentary and conspiracy theories regarding Russian meddling in US politics. Thus, the metaphor of the matryoshka doll serves to further emphasize the idea of hidden truths being revealed and layers of secrecy being lifted. All in all, playing into myths of political manipulation and covert influence, this visual narrative suggests a deeper, more complex relationship between the two figures than what is publicly visible.

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Politics is a field that usually oversee the governance, policies and power dynamics within society. In addition, it also refers to powerful people with higher status who involves in decision-making processes, debating between the values and priorities and the distributions of resources and authority. The objective of this analysis is to uncover the underlying meaning behind the language, images and symbols. Other than that, this analysis will also reveal how signs and symbols can convey multiple layers of meaning and also to do a full research on how these signs construct and communicate social, cultural and ideological messages. Based on the chosen topic, this analysis will try to reveal the underlying meaning behind these illustrations that has something to do with Politics.

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1. EVA DANIELLIE SEGONG (98882)

2. MARIA MARILYN DESMOND (99600)

3. AFIFAH BINTI AHMAD SAFRI (97949)

4. KIMBERLY MARCELLA ANAK TONY (99411)

5. LIM MIAW YIN (99507)