Beyond the three image functions, the colors and shapes also play crucial roles in creating meanings as hermeneutic images. These two elements that are labeled as ‘cognitivist-oriented’ that predominantly rely upon the contemporary social ideology and cultural influences (Forceville, 90). With reference to Lakoff and Johnson’s (1980) Conceptual Metaphor Theory and Blending Theory, they indicated that the distinctive semantic inputs embody certain interpretations of metaphors in mind based upon memories and experiences to understand the implicit graphic meanings (Forceville, 91-93). Asterios Polyp not merely uses color and shape to construct the physical reality in fictional world, but to create underlying meanings to the story as hermeneutic …show more content…
After the start of the flashbacks of her past in next page, the background turns to a solid magenta and she is dressed in warm colors (Figure 3). The warm magenta color suggests Hana’s an emotional and vulnerable character addressing Rhetorical Theory, in contrast, the cool cyan give reader insights into Asterios’s ‘coolness’ in notion of masculinity. In the beginning of the party, Hana stays alone and does not know anyone there before Asterios comes over to introduce himself. Hana and Asterios are presented in separate panels and are portrayed with contrasting hues deliberately (first two panels in Figure 5), however, Hana is standing in a shadow of magenta whereas clear cyan sketch is used for Asterios (third panel in Figure 5). Thereafter, Asterios starts to be covered by magenta sketches and finally he is completely overlapped (last two panels in Figure 5). Those panels function as hermeneutic images that implicitly evolve the beginning of their relationship. Moreover, each character’s dialogue is framed in unique balloons that can be seen as an underlying expression of characterization as hermeneutic