Descriptive Language: 14. The Drover’s Wife • "gaunt sun-browned bushwoman" •"she is not a coward" •"she is used to being left alone" •As a girl she built the usual castles in the air; but all her girlish hopes and aspirations have long been dead.” Characterisation: 15. The Drover’s Wife •"all days are much the same to her" •"used to the loneliness of it all" •"she seems contented with her lot" •"she loves her children‚ but has no time to show it. She seems harsh to them" •"Sunday afternoon she dresses
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Into the World examines how various texts represent stages of growing up and maturation. transitional phase‚ marked by new challenges‚ opportunities and relationships described as a ‘rite of passage’‚ a time of change and adaption from one world of experience into another. offers knowledge‚ understanding and insight as well as more arduous and difficult consequences.
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Crime fiction is a diverse and appealing genre. It is its unique capacity to evolve and transcend contextual barriers to suit changing paradigms that has ensured its popularity throughout time. Thematically‚ crime fiction has motifs such as the restoration of order‚ good overcoming evil‚ human nature and the completion of justice. However‚ it is the subversion of these conventions which exemplify the fluidity of the crime fiction genre‚ and thus‚ its diverse and appealing nature. The extent of this
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The Blind Side Full sourcing: Director: John Lee Hancock Date: 2009 Taken in by a well-to-do family and offered a second chance at life‚ a homeless teen grows to become the star athlete projected to be the first pick at the NFL draft in this sports-themed comedy drama inspired by author Michael Lewis’ best-seller The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game. Michael Oher was living on the streets when he was welcomed into the home of a conservative suburban family‚ but over time he matured into a talented
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The film Schindler’s list‚ produced by Steven Spielberg in 1993 was based on the book "Schindler’s Ark" by Thomas Keneally. Schindler’s List was set in Germany during the period of World War 2. Schindler’s list is a true story about Oskar Schindler‚ a German businessman who saved the life’s of more than one thousand‚ one hundred Jews during the 1940s holocaust. The following quote is used to describe the themes in the movie‚ "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do
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explore unique and interesting ideas and concepts(themes and ideas). Make reference to techniques and forms and features that help add meaning to the text. Other aspects you may want to consider: Relationships (dynamucs) between characters or characterisation. Social‚ Cultural and Historical concepts within the text. *Use the website to obtain the themes e.g. Good vs. Reality‚ appearance hiding reality. Then incorporate the motifs (imagery) e.g. blood and a quote + literary device. MOTIFS/SYMBOLS
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Heart Gavin Nicoll By Edgar Allan Poe Task: Edgar Allan Poe’ story "The Tell Tale heart" is a classic from a horror genre. Show clearly how the horror is achieved through the author’s stylish and skilful characterisation of the narrator. "The Tell Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe was written in 1843 and is about a man that ultimately goes insane over an old man’s eye in which they were friends. The old man’s eye tortures the narrator and drives him to kill
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the film were occupied by Italians” (Wayne‚ 2001‚ p.9). With this in mind‚ it would appear that the characterisations which are constructed through the combination of formal filmic conventions can be seen to position the viewer into considering the futility of continued political control over a colonised state‚ regardless of the viewer’s ideological point of view. Ostensibly‚ the characterisations of the combatants from the FLN and the French military are polarised opposites. The FLN rebels are
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13.09.10 Something for Nothing Characterisation: Jake is the main character. He’s a good family man and he takes an interest in his mother and lets her spend time talking to her son. Jake lives a regular life with his wife and his daughter. The mother is an elderly lady. Widowed years ago‚ who maintaines her intellect and brain power by an active social life with friends and by reading‚ especially the new yourk times‚ which is a massive publication 100 of pages long
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a man as the good old city knew…” Discuss Scrooge’s transformation in A Christmas Carol. In Charles Dickens’ novella ‘A Christmas Carol’‚ Ebenezer Scrooge’s transforms himself from an undesirable‚ self-centred old man to a gentleman with characterisations to exemplify that the most valuable things in life are those which are not tangible; family‚ friends‚ love and happiness. The protagonist had the ability to help the unfortunate and deprived Cratchit’s; he also had the obligation to help society
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