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2: A PHYSICAL METAPHOR
popular idea of the Iron Curtain which was portrayed in the media, both
intentionally and unintentionally. This image was also used in films and
media which helped to ‘stereotype’ the image. This idea of the Iron Curtain
has also, to a much greater extent than the physical borders, changed as a
result of political and historical developments and is still developing and
changing today. The physicality behind this idea is being more and more
forgotten and the image has taken on some sort of afterlife that is in one
way stereotyped and the use of it and the attitude towards it is changing (for
example it has changed in regards to ostalgi etc.) The Iron Curtain was first
‘created’ in words by Churchill, then physically created and then again
changed and recreated through words.
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