The Castle Flashcards
Kerrigan Family
Darryl (Dad), Sal (Mum), Steve, Wayne (jail), Dale (narrator), Tracey
Side Characters
Dennis Denuto (shitty lawyer), Lawrence Hammill (not the shitty lawyer), Con Petropoulous (Tracy Husband), Farouk (neighbor)
Key Themes
Class, Gender, Ethnicity, Colonialism and Globalisation
Structure and Form
Three act Structure (archetypal hero/quest for fair go)
Realism Genre
Comedy Genre
Elliptical Structure (novice like documentary)
“Darryl they write the rules”
Dennis
Bonnie dune “Serinity”, “got it for a bargain”, “couldn’t work out why”
Darryl
“What are you calling an eyesore? Its a home you dickhead”
Darryl
“I’m really starting to understand how the Aborigines feels”
Darryl
“you can acquire a house but you can’t acquire a home”
Darryl and Lawrence
“What is it with wogs and cash”
Darryl
“Fucking peanut butter”
Ben
What camera angles are prevalent within this poem
Low angle shots, establish Kerrigan’s have the low ground against big corporate businesses.
