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Shakespeare and the Political Cartoon
From the early days of his career through World War II, Churchill was represented as characters from Shakespeare in political cartoons. Punch, a British weekly magazine of satire and humor, especially favored Shakespearean themes in its commentary on the government. During World War II, it depicted Hitler as Macbeth and King Lear. From the other side, the German weekly, Simplicissimus depicted Churchill as a drunken Falstaff. Both countries admired Shakespeare and used him for their own propaganda purposes. |