2011 HSC exam question on Maestro "In what ways are people and their experiences brought to life through the distinctively visual? In your response‚ make detailed reference to your prescribed text and at least ONE other related text of your choosing." Visually distinctive language allows authors to create characters and bring them to life in a way which makes them relatable and believable to their audience. In the fiction novel "Maestro" by Peter Goldsworthy and in the poem "The Shearer’s Wife"
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The Maestro‚ by Peter Goldsworthy The novel Maestro‚ by Peter Goldsworthy is a beautifully crafted novel dealing with the tragic gulf between talent and genius‚ between the real and the spurious. Good literature‚ however‚ is often judged not only by what is written‚ but also the way it is written. Reflecting this criteria‚ Maestro is well written‚ perfectly contrasted and thus an excellent example of a good piece of literature. Goldsworthy has achieved this thorough his character development‚ utilization
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As we live in a more and more socially reliant world‚ relationships are becoming more and more important in the way that humans conceive themselves as individuals. We are defined by our attitudes and actions concerning relationships we are involved in‚ as well as the others involved. As we unknowingly adapt ourselves to suit and interact with those around us‚ we gain self understanding and self image. It is our impressions of other humans that help mark out our understanding of ourselves in the context
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Discuss how the distinctively visual conveys distinctive experiences in Maestro and ONE other related text of your own choosing. ORT: Edward Scissor hands- Tim Burton Through studying and analyzing ‘Maestro’ ‚written by Peter Goldsworthy‚ and by viewing and analyzing the film ‘Edward Scissorhands’ directed by Tim Burton‚ it is evident that the composers of these texts allow the audience to see distinctive experiences with our eyes as well as with our minds through distinctively visual. The many
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Maestro is written in the first person with an adult Paul‚ the main character‚ reflecting back over his life. It begins with Paul and Keller’s first meeting and they are both presented to us as rather arrogant and insensitive. However‚ when the adult Paul then interjects into his story about how he can understand that it might be incredible to believe that he came to ‘love this man’‚ his gruff music teacher the reader is brought to the realisation that there is a lot more depth to those characters
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appreciation of peter goldsworthys maestro & Vincent van goghs starry starry night . this has been done through distinctively visual features such as descriptive and emotive language in maestro and the use of colour‚ shading‚ lighting and placement in starry starry night. Goldsworthy’s maestro uses distinctively visual features to create an image of the charcters location & the charcters feelings. The novel is about paul crabbe and growing up in Darwin . pauls piano teacher keller is described at the beginning
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Maestro - Internal Monologue Eduard Keller Intervention at page 71 Weeping like a baby‚ I walk away from the frustrating‚ sweet music that hides such devastating and infuriating emotions. Like a bright red rose that smells of redolent‚ aromatic fragrance satisfying the nose‚ yet with thorns that impair when tempted. How insulting! How could they play Wagner? Although I knew that the orchestra would of course play Wagner‚ it seems that every time‚ I hope for something better; to keep my mind
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Setting Idea/s - Conveys the impression that Darwin is a place where people who don’t fit in come together | Topic sentence/s – the distinctively visual setting in Maestro assists in representing/capturing the identity of Darwin of the 1960’s. | Evidence | Techniques | Effect | After a difficult days work at the hospital not long after arriving in Darwin‚ Paul’s father remarks rather irately that “All the drifters”‚ the misfits”‚ “All the scum in the country has somehow risen to this
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Seminar: Relationship between Dunstan Ramsay‚ Paul Dempster‚ and Boy Staunton In the novel "Fifth Business" by Robertson Davies‚ the three characters Dunstan Ramsay‚ Paul Dempster‚ and Boy Staunton all have a very complex relationship with one another. We can easily recognize Dustan’s role as fifth business‚ in which he affects many other character’s lives‚ but his role within the relationship between Paul and Boy is more important; Just as Boy and Paul are equally important in this relationship among
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Maestro Essay Discuss the ways that composers of text use distinctively visual elements to convey ideas in their texts. Distinctively visual elements convey concepts and ideas presented by composers in texts which are expressed through the construction of writing within a novel or through symbolic artworks. In the novel ‘Maestro’ by Peter Goldsworthy and the sand art performance by Kseniya Simonova‚ distinctively visual images are generated thorough various techniques which convey the concepts
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