TRIALS - Henry Lawson Flashcards
TDW - Thesis 1 - Idea
Feminist Critique - Isolation
TDW - Thesis 1
Through Lawson’s utilisation of imagistic style and dialogic, he allows responders to recognise the isolation and withholding of women during the modernist era. This allows the reader to understand the truths of an isolated life and the societal inequalities given to women in the modernist era.
TDW - Thesis 2 - Idea
Colonisation - Aboriginal People being dispossessed and being treated as secondary citizens.
TDW - Thesis 2
Lawson utilises his realist writing style, with his use of imagistic style and motifs provoking the reader to give a deeper insight into how Aboriginals were portrayed and dispossessed during his time, allowing viewers to gain a stronger understanding of the modern-day Aboriginal struggles.
TDW - T1 Quote 1
“Nineteen miles to the nearest signs of civilisation - a shanty on the main road.”
TDW - T1 Quote 1 T/E
Visual Imagery - Reveals isolation, the requirement for one to be self-sufficient and mentally fit, help only rarely comes by. The composer’s use of imagery allows responders to recognise the isolation experienced by women during the modernist era.
TDW - T1 Quote 2
“There are things that a bush woman cannot do.”
TDW - T1 Quote 2 T/E
Sexism - Metaphor for a constant fight, resulting in being overworked and overwhelmed. This reaffirms the requirement for a male influence in life, some male is needed to live happily.
TDW - T1 Quote 3
“But this bushwoman is used to the loneliness of it. As a girl-wife, she would have hated it, but now she would feel strange away from it.”
TDW - T1 Quote 3 T/E
Anomaly with the context of the period, juxtaposes past and present life. Word use evokes complex emotions and imagery of loneliness, ‘hated’ and ‘strange’ show she is content with her life but nothing more or less.
TDW - T2 Quote 1
“She went to take up the baby and struggled convulsively, thinking it was a ‘blackman.’”
TDW - T2 Quote 1 T/E
The baby symbolises innocence and vulnerability, while the ‘blackman’ is associated with Indigenous People and has racial connotations. It suggests the fear of black people, highlighting tensions and prejudices.
TDW - T2 Quote 2
“God sent King Jimmy first, and he sent the Black Mary. He put his black face round the door post, took in the situation at a glance.”
TDW - T2 Quote 2 T/E
Colloquial language presents Indigenous people as uneducated, and therefore to white people as ‘unserious.’ This establishes their different skin colour and negative image through the metaphor name ‘Black Mary.’
TDW - T2 Quote 3
“She bargained with a stray blackfellow to get some wood”
TDW - T2 Quote 3 T/E
Stray black fellow a metaphor for Indigenous/Aboriginal people. The act of ‘bargaining’ sets out that aboriginal people are difficult to work for, and do not like taking instruction however will take full reward. This is reaffirmed when the Aboriginal comes back with a hollow wood pile that looks full and gets rewarded as if so. Lawson portrays Aboriginal people as ‘untrustworthy’ or even frauds.
UBID - Thesis 1 - Idea
Loss of individual identity - Modernist Era (industrialisation, capitalism)
UBID - Thesis 1
Through the composer’s utilisation of colloquial language, dialogue allows to explore the Nihlistic values that are explored in modernism. Responders are highlighted by the loss of individuality and identity within the modernist era, encouraging a deeper understanding of the reasons behind individual loss.
UBID - Thesis 2 - Idea
Abnormality of Culture – Satire to represent historic British culture
UBID - Thesis 2
Through Lawson’s utilisation of satirical and imagistic style, he extrapolates the abnormalities of British culture in Outback Australia, and how past cultural appreciation doesn’t fit in a modernist society.
UBID - T1 Quote 1
“I didn’t take any notice of him, he said something didn’t he?”
UBID - T1 Quote 1 T/E
Dialogue - Colloquial. Showcases the lack of connection between the dead’s identity and individuality. Reveals how outside of a social circle, everyone is alienated and has no meaning, revealing a lack of individual interest and identity.
UBID T1 Quote 2
“Why! Didn’t you know that before… No; but I knew he was a union man”
UBID T1 Quote 2 T/E
Dialogue - The man’s original identity is replaced with the collective ‘union’ identity. To have him known collectively as a ‘union’ is all that matters, original identity has no meaning in a modernist society.
