Egalitarianism in Australian Films Hello and welcome to this Year’s Brisbane Australian Film festival. I would just like to say it is an honour to be speaking to you all today. the theme of this year’s program was erected to illustrate equality in our films and consequently in the Australian way of life. In film‚ one can view a distinctively Australian aspect on equality‚ as many key characters reject the idea of a social caste system. The Castle‚ Rabbit Proof Fence and the Kelly gang all prominently
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Who are you‚ what defines you‚ how did you become who you are‚ how do you self-identify yourself? Self- identity is a key moment in life. It makes people who they are‚ and it’s hard to figure out but in these stories get a glimpse of how two people figure it out."The Secret Sharer" is about a captain who finds a man in the sea who helps him find himself more than he thought possible through helping the man escape death‚ "The shadowy‚ dark head‚ like mine‚ seemed to nod imperceptibly above the ghostly
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happening during World War I. And in this case how Mrs. Drover was overwhelmed with stressful evens in a dark era‚ and not only that‚ she had to deal with her mistakes and broken promises. Mrs. Drover was left hollow inside and at the same time filled with guilt for her mistakes and fear for the consequences. Mrs. Drover had come to get some belongings from her abandoned house and was confronted with her soul in the houses’ image. Mrs. Drover looked for the date: It was today’s. She dropped the
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short story “The Demon Lover” the theme overall is that what’s inside the mind can’t be escaped. This theme is reflected in the title because her inner demons are concerning her past lover. In the story‚ Mrs. Drover makes a promise that haunts her and ends up driving her to paranoia. When Mrs. Drover was younger‚ she became infatuated with the idea of the whole solider façade as were many other young girls during the war. She was so mesmerized by the idea that after a week of meeting one she got engaged
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English Comparison Essay Traditional bush stories have always been a part of Australia’s history; involving many types of characters like Drovers and Shearers‚ just to name a couple. Many writers have portrayed these traditional bush characters in different ways! The two bush stories "The Drovers Wife" and "The Graziers Wife" are set in two different time eras and written by two authors from totally different time periods. Both of the main characters in each of the bush stories are quite
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psychological and the spiritual way of interpreting the plot of the story. The setting is in the city of London during the London Blitz meaning that it was during World War II. In my opinion I think that Mrs. Drover is suffering from a psychological disorder or trauma caused by the war. Mrs. Drover is the main character of the story. Apparently she flees from London and moved to the countryside but in the story she is coming back to get some personal things for her family that were left behind‚ so she
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The story first takes place in London where a woman‚ Mrs. Drover‚ had come to visit her shut-up house that had been damaged during the war to gather few materials she had left behind. Mrs. Drover had felt a strange sense and suspense tends to build up as she finds a letter in her vacant house from her fiancé whom was reported missing 25 years ago during the war saying that he would be meeting her “at the hour arranged”. Mrs. Drover was frightened at the fact that the letter had today’s date clearly
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Marine MARTY ENGL 3389 Essay October‚ 6th‚ 2014 The portrait of Mrs. Drover in the film The Demon Lover is not an accurate rendition of the character in the story by Elisabeth Bowen. This may be seen in a comparison of her film and fictional analyses of role‚ relationships‚ motive and goals‚ self-image and tone. Kathleen Drover is the protagonist‚ she has no real occupation‚ or at least‚ it is not mentioned‚ and she only is described as a middle-aged mother and a wife‚ as the following sentence
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confront the out-of-it Mrs. Drover. “Kathleen Drover” says the police officer. “You are under arrest for a murder you have committed 25 years ago.” She lifted up her head‚ stands up and faces the police. “May I know what you are talking about‚ sir? He passed away in the war!” She shouts. “Ma’am‚ he went missing” The officer says. Kathleen looked at him and laughed. “He wrote me a letter today.” The officer hands her the letter‚ and asked “This letter? Mrs. Drover‚ this is your handwriting
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Racism affects everybody. This is shown in the movie ‘Australia’‚ how everyone can be affected by racism. Many different ways of racism towards people in the movie ‘Australia’. A few of the main characters that are affected in the movie is Nullah‚ The Drover‚ Lady Ashley. The people that are being most affected in the movie would have to be the indigenous‚ that’s because the time the movie was set in‚ was when the white australia policy was happening‚ so pretty much every Australian was being racist towards
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