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    Gwen Shamblin and her church‚ The Remnant Fellowship‚ are unashamed heretics that deny the Triune nature of God. The church blatantly teaches Monarchianism with no remorse‚ saying that the Trinitarian belief comes straight from the devil. Gwen Shamblin seems to hide her true beliefs from those outside of her church through her weight loss book and self-help mantra‚ but a thorough study of her church’s doctrine shows many dangerous‚ and damning‚ false teachings. The false teachings of Gwen Shamblin

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    have unique holidays which are very similar at the same time. All the holidays start at unity then separation occurs which a wild storm in which is defined as a catalyst that conveys discovery and brings them back together. The poem “Barn Owl” by Gwen Harwood is a deep poem on how a girl shoots a bird which conveys a variety of meanings from disconnection and the loss of innocence and realisation. The process of discovery is always challenging representing the different obstacles which occur throughout

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    The first person narrative poem ‘Father and child’ by Gwen Harwood‚ is structured in two sections each with seven stanzas and six lines. It focuses on an individuals revolt against authority and the consequences of such an action‚ as well as an insinuation of the imminent death of a parent. Harwood uses persuasive and implicit means to “mirror” the loss of innocence and its effect on the sense of appreciation or acceptance of the complexities existing in the wider world. Overall‚ ‘Father and Child’

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    and mortality. Discuss this statement in light of your understanding of the poetry of Gwen Harwood. Gwen Harwood’s mournful laments Mother Who Gave Me Life and Father and Child explore the challenging ideas of nostalgia and mortality to provide valued texts. Harwood’s elegy Mother Who Gave Me Life nostalgically explores the confronting concepts of the unavoidability of death and past bleak memories. Harwood explains explores the fragility e nature of life through the fabric motif symbolism;

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    Analyse the ways Gwen Harwood has prompted you to understand and respond to great and provocative ideas in her poetry. Make detailed reference to 3 poems. Gwen Harwood’s body of work skilfully portrays provocative ideas which stimulate understanding and engage with readers. Harwood’s poems ‘The Violets’‚ ‘Sharpness of Death’ and ‘Father and Child’ are key ideas which are representative of the transition from innocence to experience‚ the transience of time and the inevitability of death. Due to

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    poem and film. The satirical dramatic monologue of Weapon’s training by Bruce Dawe and Father and child by Gwen Harwood‚ both demonstrate the power of death that enhances one’s present perception. In cohesion with Dawe’s poem‚ Zhang Yimou’s film Flowers of war‚ a wartime epic during the ‘Rape of Nanking’ of the Second Sino-Japanese war both illustrate the power of war. Both Yimou and Harwood relate to the power of innocence as inherently vital to humanity. Composers accentuate the power of death

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    class. This is given in the scene where Frank asks her to come to his house‚ and she stands outside and looks inside‚ she is an outsider. "Daybreak: the household slept. I rose‚ blessed by the sun. A horny fiend‚ I crept out with my fathers gun" Harwood starts the poem off with a quick‚ sharp‚ fast paced illusion to show she’s out to do something. The child sneaks out to kill a barn owl with the removed shotgun and when she shoots the owl‚ she awakens to the fact that death is pain. The act was bloody

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    attitudes and beliefs. Through the film "Billy Elliot" by Stephen Daldry‚ the theme explores the concept of moving into the world and the role choice has in this. Another text that portrays "Moving into the World" is the poem "Father & Child" by Gwen Harwood. Both texts demonstrate and convey the message that choices individuals make are important in order to move into the world. The film Billy Elliot is set in Everington‚ Durham‚ which is a mining town that struggles to survive in its oppressive

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    1. Barn Owl 2. “Barn Owl is a conversational poem in style ballad 3. Gwen Harwood 4. Gwen Harwood Poems: Volume Two (1968) 5. “Barn Owl” tells the story of a child who leaves bed at sunrise and shoots a Barn Owl that lives in the barn. The Barn Owl comes home to the barn every morning to sleep. The child expected the owl to die immediately he shot it but it didn’t; instead it was badly hurt and the poem describes how it fell from the beam and was tangled in its own innards. The child’s father

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    Barn owlBarn Owl ESSAY Gwen Harwood’s‚ ‘Father and child’‚ is a two-part poem that tempers a child’s naivety to her matured‚ grown up attitude. Barn Owl presents a threshold in which the responder is able to witness the initiation of Gwen’s transition. The transformation is achieved through her didactical quest for wisdom‚ lead by her childhood naivety and is complimented through ‘nightfall’‚ where we see her fully maturate state. The importance of familial relationship and parental guidance is

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