protagonists in The Female Transport‚ written by an anonymous author‚ The Drovers Wife by Hennery Lawson‚ and Journal by Annie Baxter‚ are three different representations of women in early Australian literature‚ in three different genera. Each representation is different‚ yet they are all clear representation of womanhood in early Australia. So are
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retellings‚ such as the Scottish Ballad and Shirley Jackson’s “The Daemon Lover.” Even then‚ the reader can find many similarities and differences between the themes of the texts. The Scottish Ballad‚ and “The Demon Lover”‚ both have very similar themes. Bowen’s story tells the reader to always stay true to their promises. This is shown by the way Mrs. Drover’s guilt of choosing to betray her fiance ended up driving her crazy. This is similar to the Scottish Ballad in which the main character is “punished”
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Australian Bush Ballads have captured the essence of early Australian life. Bush Ballads do more than this they often deal with the hardships encountered living on the land as well as the people of the bush. The poetry of “Henry Lawson” and “Banjo Paterson” deal with these concepts. While Banjo Paterson defends and romanticises the bush in his many ballads for example “Clancy of the Overflow”‚ Henry Lawson provides a more balanced view of the bush in his poems‚ in particular “Up the Country.”
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boomerangs‚ Crocodile Dundee‚ didgeridoo‚ crocodiles‚ dingoes‚ convicts‚ footy‚ Crocodile Hunter‚ the outback‚ g’day mate‚ crickey‚ bugger‚ etc. The Australian stereotypes that emerged from colonial texts‚ such as ‘The Man from Snowy River’‚ ‘The Ballad of the Drover’ and ‘The Wild Colonial Boy’‚ portrayed Australians as brave‚ courageous‚ passionate‚ determined‚ impulsive‚ proud and not to be underestimated. An example of Australians determination in ‘The Wild Colonial Boy’ is the following quote‚
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and his mother Rose Isabella. When Andrew Patterson was seven‚ his family moved to illalong‚ it is in this area that Patterson developed his lifelong enthusiasm for horses and horsemanship‚ and in the future‚ the writing of his famous equestrian ballads. From the age of 10 after transferring from a bush school at Binalong‚ Patterson attended the Sydney grammar school‚ where he achieved the junior Knox prize at the age of 16. Patterson failed the University of Sydney’s scholarship exam and as a result
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subject. In this essay I aim to analyse two documents in the form of ballads that were published in this period‚ and to describe how they played a part in constructing an image that could be used to define the nation and create a national identity; in their historical‚ social‚ economic and political context. Firstly‚ I will give a brief summary on each document. ‘Clancy of the Overflow’‚ written by Banjo Patterson was an Australian ballad about a droving bushman and the imaginings of his rural lifestyle
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love. In the story‚ Mrs. Drover is returning to her abandoned town and empty house to collect some belongings only to be greeted by a presence. Mrs. Drover believes this presence is an old love coming back. In the poem “Obsession” by Dana S. the speaker personifies obsession and gets the reader to sense that obsession can be a presence to anyone. In “The Demon Lover‚” the story opens up with a description of a woman‚ Mrs. Drover‚ who is returning to the house she
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the collection entitled "While the Billy Boils" in 1892. Lawson was deeply interested in the effects of the harsh Australian outback on people’s lives‚ having himself spent 18 months in the bush. This was expressed in a number of so-called "bush ballads" and stories‚ "The Drover’s Wife" being one of them. This short-story has the Australian bush or outback as its setting. This is revealed in the two first paragraphs‚ where the author makes a short and precise description of the little house and
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three sons away from their London home. In the beginning of the story‚ the protagonist‚ Mrs. Drover‚ is just returning to her old home from the country side. She doesn’t think anything out of order‚ until she sees a letter addressed to her. This was one of the first things Bowen uses to create suspense. Another thing she uses is the fact that the house is empty‚ but she doesn’t feel alone. The Drovers‚ like several other families‚ had been evacuated and sent to live in the country when the war
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Lover‚” Mrs. Drovers character is very diverse‚ and not in a very positive way to say the least. Her character seems mostly typical and ordinary at first but you begin to see a different side of herself as the story prolongs. Mrs. Drovers character strongly presents the main themes to the story which factors into her demise and describes her as a paranoid‚ naïve‚ and cautious woman. At the beginning of the story Mrs. Drover seems typical and ordinary like any person. However‚
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