Susan Sontag Questions and Answers
Susan Sontag
How does Sontag argue that pictures' meanings change based on the viewer?
If by "pictures" you mean photographs, Sontag has a complex theory of of photographic representation that she describes in her book On Photography. For Sontag, a photograph is best understood as a...
Susan Sontag
What are the main points of Sontag's "Illness as Metaphor"?
Susan Sontag is using her essay to argue against the prevalent practice of using metaphors to describe illnesses and treatments associated with them. She presents and defends the thesis that health...