Ned Kelly : HERO OR VILLAIN? People have always argued about Ned Kelly and whether he was a hero of a villain. In my eyes he was neither hero or villain. If anything he was a heroic villain. Ned Kelly was just an Australian with Irish born parents who was given a hard time by the Australian police officers. When he was blamed for shooting a police officer he went on the run as an outlaw. The police bullied and picked on his friends and family‚ imprisoning his mother and some of his friends
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national hero? Ned was just 16 when he was convicted of receiving a stolen horse and served three years in gaol before being released in 1874. Whether or not he was set for a life of crime is hard to say‚ but one event had a dramatic effect on determining his future and that was in April 1878. A police officer called Fitzpatrick accused Ned’s mother of attacking him and Ned of shooting him in the wrist. But whatever actually happened‚ the end result of Fitzpatrick’s claims was that Mrs Kelly was sent
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Which hero‚ is known for murderous crimes? After more than a century of debate‚ there is still one question on everyone’s mind; ‘Is the remorseless bushranger‚ Ned Kelly‚ a hero‚ victim‚ or villain?’ Ned Kelly is recognised for his trademark iron helmet and his famous last words‚ “Such is life”‚ but does that hide the fact that he was Australia’s most hunted fugitive? Despite this‚ Ned thought that fighting for what he believed in‚ would bring justice to outlaws like him even though he went to extraordinary
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Ned Kelly Ned Kelly is an iconic Australian legend who is known as one of the most famous outlaws in Australia. Some know of him as a villain‚ others know him as a hero. But what was he really? The 2003 film “Ned Kelly” featuring Heath Ledger as Ned‚ portrays the famous outlaw as a tragic hero rather than a murderer and a thief. By researching Ned’s events‚ accomplishments and endeavours‚ it tells us that Ned was in fact a villain rather than a hero. The following essay will highlight why it is
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Ned Kelly Kelly was twelve when his father died‚ and he was subsequently required to leave school to take on the new position as head of the family. Shortly after this‚ the Kellys moved to Glenrowan. As a teenager‚ Ned became involved in petty crimes‚ regularly targeting the wealthy landowners. The story goes that Ned Kelly was influenced to become a bushranger. His family was not particularly liked by the law‚ and so when he was persecuted by a few of the policemen‚ he reacted and decided to
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Ned Kelly’s story has many amazing elements. It can been seen as one of a poor boy of great skill‚ devoted to his family‚ wronged by the police and the legal system and - following a tragic series of events - executed at the age of 25. Some feel it is a strongly Australian story with Kelly as the archetypal Australian challenging authority. There are also broader questions raised by his life. Was he a freedom fighter? Was he attempting to spark an uprising? When do people have the right to resist
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The movie "Ned Kelly" is telling the audience about Australian history and that Australia is not a perfect country‚ but struggles with criminals as well. It also conveys racism‚ not against blacks‚ but against the Irish. This is now dispelled as Ned Kelly is known as the ’Australian hero’‚ not the ’Irish Migrant of Australia hero’. The Kelly family were always the target of the soldiers’ fun. Friendship is portrayed as being vital‚ as the gang of outlaws would not have been able to achieve what they
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The Kelly outbreak is a famous phenomenon in Australia’s colonial history. Whilst some people prefer to see the outbreak as a simple criminal incident between an outlaw and the police‚ most historians view it as a broader sociological phenomenon‚ involving conflict between a larger rural community and the colonial authorities. An important issue for historians has been to understand the underlying causes of this criminal outbreak‚ whether it was mainly due to personal‚ ethnic or socio-economic
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Statement of purpose: I have chosen to write a memoire from Ned Kelly’s life as my text. Edward ‘Ned’ Kelly‚ an Australian bushranger with an Irish descent‚ explores the values of justice within a stable government and humanitarian. We hear the story from Ned Kelly perspectives which represents all the voices of civilians oppressed by a corrupt government. Attitudes will be mainly based on the loss of freedom‚ loss of loved ones‚ injustice and hope. Overall the attitude of the text is hopeful. The
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Today I’ll be talking to you about Ned Kelly and my topic is weather he was a villain or hero. His full name is actually Edward Kelly but most people know him by his nick name which of course is Ned Kelly. Ned was an Australian Bush ranger. He was born in Victoria in June 1854 but has a strong Irish background due to his Irish convict father. As a young man he clashed with the Victoria Police. Following an incident at his home in 1878‚ police parties searched for him in the bush. After he and his
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