action hero film co-written‚ produced‚ and directed by Christopher Nolan. It is Nolan’s second film based around the DC Comics character Batman‚ and the film is the sequel to the 2005 film‚ Batman Begins. Christian Bale returns to play the role of Bruce Wayne‚ the billionaire who defends Gotham City as Batman. Other returning cast members include Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox‚ Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth‚ and Gary Oldman as James Gordon. The film introduces new characters‚ including Heath
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Religious traditions? Bruce Dawe renowned for his amazing collective poetry has had many successful pieces of writing. One none could forget would be “And a Good Friday Was Had by All.” This historic poem is very controversial. The poet‚ Bruce Dawe uses persuasive language to show he is very strongly opinionated about the shift of the Australian culture away from the religious traditions. He highly believes that this shift is very well happening. It is plain to see that Dawe uses an Australian vernacular
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Bruce Dawe – essay In your view‚ what social issues are explored in Dawe’s poetry? Explain how these issues are developed and represented in two of his poems that you have studied! Bruce Dawe is a contemporary Australian poet from the late 1960’s to the early 1970’s‚ writing poems protesting against the issues occurring in society that he didn’t morally believe in‚ these issues are still relevant in today’s society. Dawe comes from a catholic back ground and is passionate towards his religion;
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The poem Homecoming by Bruce Dawe describes the significance of the strong negative impact the Vietnam War has caused. He portrays the emotions and effects surrounding the homecoming of soldiers who have perished in the war. The main concept extracted from the poem is a moral outrage at the hopeless and senseless aspects of war. The author explores the fact that the soldiers who return from the Vietnam War were not respected or acknowledged in any way and that they’re lives were wasted. The poet
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feature. They all aim to get a message across and in doing so‚ engage their audience and inform them about a particular issue. Some protest poetry and songs which have stood out include; Beach Burial written by Kenneth Slessor‚ Home-coming written by Bruce Dawe‚ Six young men written by Ted Hughes and I was only nineteen which is a song by Redgum. Each of these poems or songs are written about war and its’ tragic effects however each poet or lyricist has engaged its audience in various‚ yet effective‚
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How has your understanding of the consequences of conflict been shaped by the techniques used by various composers? The film‚ Unfinished Sky by Peter Duncan together with the novel‚ Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta and Bruce Dawe’s poem‚ ‘Homecoming’‚ demonstrate that the consequences of conflict are exceedingly varied. The audio‚ visual and language techniques used by the composers throughout these texts allow an in depth exploration of the consequences of conflict. The texts show that
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crime in Gotham City. Another relationship that Batman has is with his butler‚ Alfred. When Bruce Wayne’s parents were killed Alfred became the father figure in Bruce’s life. Alfred raised Bruce and made him the man he is today. Alfred has been there everyday of Bruce’s life. In turn‚ Alfred is given a house to live in and all the necessary things to live. Alfred is very nurturing and is often there for Bruce with great advice. In The Dark Knight when Batman wanted to quit‚ Alfred had the right things
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With reference to at least four poems‚ explain how poets present both the joys and sorrows of life. Poets such as W.H. Auden‚ Bruce Dawe‚ Roger Mcgough and Elaine Savory clearly present the joys and sorrows of life in their truthful and realistic poems‚ using a range of techniques. These negative and positive aspects of life are shown by the poets‚ by using everyday occurrances like death‚ loss and love to involve the reader. All four poems‚ ‘Stop all the clocks‚ cut off the telephone’‚ ‘Going’
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HOMO SUBURBIENSIS Bruce Dawes “Homo Suburbiensis” epitomises a world of contradiction where nature is fighting against the unnatural suburbia that man has created. Dawe presents everything that man had to offer in a world of variables and shows that although man has lost traditional roots and beginnings connecting to the land‚ there has been no change and control over the constant values that man has held throughout time. In this poem there is a strong sense of honesty and sombre in the tone
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Text Response: War Poetry Dulce et Decorum est by Wilfred Owen and Homecoming by Bruce Dawe are about the disaster of war‚ yet they speak of different wars with different mindsets of the soldiers. In the following essay I discuss the history behind the poems‚ the poetic devices that Owen and Dawe used. Each poem addresses their own truths about war. The first poem is from WW1 where ignorance was common‚ so common that boys of only 17 years were signing up for “the adventure of a life time”. The “adventure”
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