What impact does Gemmy appear to have on Jock and Janet?

"From the moment he saw the fellow he had felt a kind of repulsion, a moral one he thought, though it expressed itself physically. After five months Jock could not get past what he had felt on the first day, and so far he could recall, at the very first sight of him, Jock could not bear to ( Read more... )

Judith Wright's "Two Dreamtimes"
How does this poem establish a link between the experiences of black and white Australia?
One of the first things I saw in the poem was optimism, a hope for something better than what the poet and her friend Kathy had gone through. the other thing was a sisterhood as there were intimate experiences they shared. e.g ( Read more... )

The art that I found myself alert too was the Aboriginal paintings. Not just the paintings themselves, but also the room where they were. I know nothing about art, I know nothing about aboriginal artists, (Hell, I know nothing at all!) but to me it was like standing in the meeting hall of a Marae back in New Zealand. Each one of those paintings ( Read more... )

What is the experience of the landscape expressed by Mitchell and Liechhardt? And how is thier response to its symbolic dimensions conditioned by their cultural traditions?

In this modern age we live in, I think it's fair to say that some of Mitchell's remarks are definiately racist. Is this his fault? No, I don't believe it is because in his days ( Read more... )

Anbarra People of Arnham Land

What qualities does the White Cockatoo have in this poem? How are they conveyed in the language of the poem?

To answer the first question, the cockatoo is greedy when it comes to food. He also plays didjeridu; he dances, leaps, gorges and belches. This cockatoo has his home in Ngaljipa, yet his birthplace is Gulgulnga. ( Read more... )

The Tempest
I had never been to the theatre before and through the whole day I wasn't to sure if I really wanted to go. One of the reasons why I didn't want to go was because I am definately not a fan of William Shakespeare.
While I did enjoy it, I found it was only the dialogue that went straight over my head and disappeared somewhere in the nineth ( Read more... )

What signifcance does the Banksia have for the Eyre at this critical moment? And how does Francis Webb give the Banksia its symbolic significance?
 i have tried something different by answering the questions in verse.

I see a desolate land with weary travellers,
As they slowly walk across it's earth.
Their clothes covered in fine dust
Their gallant ( Read more... )

On Tuesday of the 25th of September, the class discussion was about the Judith Wright poem, 'Pool and Star', from the Introduction workbook. 
When I got home I re-read the poem (slowly) as some opinions that were thrown around the table during the class's session started to come back to me. What made it a bit easier for me to form an opinion was a ( Read more... )

David Malouf, Fly Away Peter, 1982

How does Malouf’s phrase “it was itself” associate with the ideas of “formless” beauty in Lawrence, and the mountain with “its own meaning” in Judith Wright?

In my opinion I think the question to the environment is one big fingerprint. I picture this formless, invisible beauty with the words it was itself as ( Read more... )