playwright Sophocles and the book Whale Rider‚ written by Witi Ihimaera‚ has extremely comparable characters. Regardless of being written thousands of years apart‚ both story lines are very similar in relation to the tragic heroes. Antigone is the story of a woman who is trying to bury her brother’s body‚ despite the king‚ Creon’s‚ ruling against. The play tells of Antigone and Creon’s struggle against each other leading to Antigone’s eventual death. Whale Rider portrays the story of a young Maori
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In the movie‚ Whale Rider‚ there are great examples of Joseph Campbell’s article‚ Four Functions of Myth‚ which are: mystical myth‚ cosmological myth‚ social myth‚ and psychological myth. In the film‚ Whale Rider‚ Pai discovers her sense of self as she reinvents the Maori tribe’s creation myth to save the dying culture. The mystical myth in Whale Rider would be when she rode the whale. Pai is suppose to be the new chief in town‚ however‚ her grandfather‚ Koro‚ does not think a girl should be chief
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Rodeo is a sport where people all around the world participate in and watch other people get thrown off bulls and horses. The riders get quite a bit of prize money just to get put into the ground or go round and round barrels. mainly people that don’t like rodeos are soft city people or people that dont watch it anyway its mostly humans getting hurt more than the animals so its not cruel at all. Rodeo is not cruel because they don’t get hurt unless it’s there own fault for example they jump
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called the Freedom Ride‚ and the students became well known as the ‘Freedom Riders’. The aim of the freedom riders was to highlight the racism portrayed in the ‘White Australia Policy’ which was brought into effect during Federation by Sir Edmund Barton. The policy meant that the Aborigines were banned‚ or in some cases separated from whites‚ in shops‚ cinemas‚ hotels and clubs and public swimming pools. The freedom riders were verbally and physically abused in most towns they visited during
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the being the only one able to retrieve the sacred whale tooth. A number of aerial long shots are used to show Pai’s seclusion from the young boys of the tribe who are being taught the traditional customs of the leaders by showing her secretly watching and practicing behind a building or wall‚ which also places an emphasis on the barriers to her acceptance. Pai’s struggle to be accepted by Pukka reaches a climax when blames the beaching of the whales (the tribes ancestral animal) on her as she had been
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scholars and critics for years‚ as the ideas of location‚ distribution and globalization all serve to create different methods of understanding National Cinema and what it is all about. The films Rabbit Proof Fence‚ Once Were Warriors‚ and The Whale Rider‚ are films that generate through mass distribution the local values and expressions of indigenous cultures and traditions‚ yet in similarly doing so the films differently exude ideas of National Cinema and their aspects of globalization. This essay
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‘At the heart of our search for a sense of belonging will always be our relationships.’ Good relations enrich our lives enabling us to feel a sense of belonging. The play Rainbows end by Jane harrison‚ A film whale rider directed by Nikki Caro and the sorry speech by kevin Rudd all show a sense of belonging through relationships. ’Rainbows End’ a play written by Jane Harrison portrays the sense of belonging through relationships and land. The relationship between Nan and her home land of cummeragunja
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is saying never fear what will come‚ depend on no one. Internal and external expectations shape our lives in many ways. In my essay‚ I will explain how internal and external expectations shape our lives by providing evidence from the book‚ "Whale Rider" and "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part- Time Indian” and also how these expectations shape my life. In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian‚ Junior experiences many internal and external expectations
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value of the film location. Several heritage sights that are filmed have shown significant popularity after releasing the film. New Zealand will be the most modern destination that was positively affected by film induced tourism; For instance‚ Whale Rider (2002) the film which encapsulates the Maori culture‚ in New Zealand has highly manipulated people to visit the destination. Same as the Lord of the King film that has completely recreated the tourism industry in New Zealand. Previous research on
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the USA to universal acclaim. His novel That Eye‚ the Sky (1986) was adapted for theatre by Justin Monjo and Richard Roxburgh‚ and also made into a film. A second film adaptation was made of In the Winter Dark (1988)‚ featuring Brenda Blethyn. The Riders (1995) was shortlisted for the 1995 Booker Prize for Fiction‚ and also won a Commonwealth Writers Prize. Many of his books are set in his familiar landscapes of Western Australia. After writing six of his adult novels‚ Tim Winton wrote his first
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