Witness essay
HENRY LAWSON:-
Many composers have been successful in using distinctly visual elements to create a particular image to reveal their own vision of the world. Henry Lawson is able to portray his image that life in the bush is not romantic. One can see this message portrayed through the short stories ‘the drovers wife’ and ‘in a dry season’. However Douglas Stewart portrays his perception of the destructive nature of mankind visually through his poems ‘wombat’ and ‘nesting time’
Firstly in Lawson’s “The drovers wife” we see how he personally views his perspective as being part of a group of people. He represents this through various language techniques and direct quotes to show the perception of belonging he has developed. Through the use of rhetorical questions “who are these shadows” through this quote he shows us that in the beginning he has no sense of belonging with that particular group of people. We see the use of peaceful imagery “moonlight plain” to show us that the shadows he may belong to are not necessarily dark and evil. In this poem we see how there’s a sense of mystery as to whether he belongs or not through the quote “The bearded faceless men” hence showing he does not belong. But later on in the poem he also quotes they “stood shoulder to shoulder” showing that he may belong and or be part of their circle. Hence, we can see his point of view.
Furthermore we can see how a point of view is shown in Lawson’s story in a dry season. We see this through various language techniques and quotes. The quote “our lady watched” shows us that even though he never grew up in a certain group he still had something far stronger than a group of peers monitoring his every step and guarding him through he’s schooling days this shows the strong sense of belonging he developed with the school. The Quote “like a foreign tourist” shows us that peter never had a sense of belonging with that particular group even though he had been part of them
Many composers have been successful in using distinctly visual elements to create a particular image to reveal their own vision of the world. Henry Lawson is able to portray his image that life in the bush is not romantic. One can see this message portrayed through the short stories ‘the drovers wife’ and ‘in a dry season’. However Douglas Stewart portrays his perception of the destructive nature of mankind visually through his poems ‘wombat’ and ‘nesting time’
Firstly in Lawson’s “The drovers wife” we see how he personally views his perspective as being part of a group of people. He represents this through various language techniques and direct quotes to show the perception of belonging he has developed. Through the use of rhetorical questions “who are these shadows” through this quote he shows us that in the beginning he has no sense of belonging with that particular group of people. We see the use of peaceful imagery “moonlight plain” to show us that the shadows he may belong to are not necessarily dark and evil. In this poem we see how there’s a sense of mystery as to whether he belongs or not through the quote “The bearded faceless men” hence showing he does not belong. But later on in the poem he also quotes they “stood shoulder to shoulder” showing that he may belong and or be part of their circle. Hence, we can see his point of view.
Furthermore we can see how a point of view is shown in Lawson’s story in a dry season. We see this through various language techniques and quotes. The quote “our lady watched” shows us that even though he never grew up in a certain group he still had something far stronger than a group of peers monitoring his every step and guarding him through he’s schooling days this shows the strong sense of belonging he developed with the school. The Quote “like a foreign tourist” shows us that peter never had a sense of belonging with that particular group even though he had been part of them