Romantic artists, musicians, and writers were people in society who expressed their views with an emphasis on feeling, emotion, and experience. They viewed nature as an extreme power full of beauty and uniqueness. Their admiration for creativity plays an important role in the way they express. Romanticists didn’t like the materialistic things in the world. Romantic artists, musicians, and writers responded to the social, political, and economic changes in the 1800s by conveying their feelings and views in the work they were creating.
When tracking Emily, he discovers a fine strand of hair in a tree, literally finding the needle in the outback haystack. As he calmly searches the land he is comfortable in that the ‘white man can’t understand’. The musical score is soft and melodic to demonstrate his bond with the environment. The experience for the audience, as determined by Perkins’ choice of song lyric, is enhanced through music as it provides and effective and simple avenue to achieve greater tolerance. Music allows for the development of expression as it provides a common language, something only Albert truly appreciates.
Whereas the “Michael and I are just slipping down to the pub for a minute” has added the characters X and Ray to help show the message of progression of multicultural bonds with Indigenous Australians in a more positive and funny way. These two paintings are excellent examples of appropriation in art. Both Gordon Bennett and Lin Onus shared passionate views about their Aboriginal heritage and wanted to convey messages through their appropriation to the world. As both artist had aboriginal decent they shared a common artistic sense and style and they strived to communicate their perspectives and encourage understand between those from different
way/>” is spoken quietly to enhance the effect and signal the end of the sentence. Varying pitch adds to the dramatic effect of the parallel statement, in line 18 “Our farmers\ (..) our land/ (..) and our economy/” by creating a sense of balance while maintaining audience attention as it creates a sense of rhythm and momentum. The many pauses of this text also have this empathetic effect. At various points in the discourse, the pauses have a specific role in enhancing the importance of a word or concept being explained, for example, lines 29-30 “And giving\ (..) the (.) whole (.)
Different visions of Australia are represented through the poetry of Robert Gray and Jeannie Baker’s picture book. While Australia is often presented as a land of diversity, some texts also discuss the complex relationship between humans and the environment to be one of renewal, or in contrast, destruction. All three texts emphasise the strong connection between man and the environment, and…. Through the composer’s view of Australia we begin to understand the diversity and complex nature of Australian culture. Australia is a peaceful and diverse country with natural beauty, however man-made aspects can be a threat.
This adds further realism to the play, with detailed analysis of the way characters communicate. For example, character such as Milly are positioned by Davis to be dignified and proud her cultural identity. Yet others such as Jimmy are carefully used by Davis to add interest to the story by reinforcing and breaking stereotypes. At times he is loud, rude abusive and acts as the white perception of aboriginal society at the time, (and possibly by some today). But Davis goes on to break the stereotype by showing Jimmy is not as ‘stupid’ and undignified as first perceived.
‘All the world’s at stage’. Welcome to the third annual Young Writers and Directors conference. The chosen playwright for this year’s conference in the prolific Australian playwright Louis Nowra. Cosi, the semiautobiographical text written by Louis Nowra in 1992 effectively draws in the audience in the world of the play as he achieves to portray the relationships between the characters as their world moves us into deeper understanding of his concerns. The themes Nowra demonstrates to help us understand the concerns and relationships are personal journey by self-identity and transformation, loves fidelity and infidelity and sanity vs. insanity.
BRAN NUE DAE Bran Nue Dae is the search for love and identity. It is a simple story where love and the joy of life triumphs against a background of mayhem and dishonour. It is my story but it is also yours and everybody else you know who seeks love and happiness in a world clouded by injustice. - Jimmy Chi Bran Nue Dae comes from a unique place and people in Australia and has something essential to say about life. To laugh, sing and dance are some of our greatest and simplest pleasures.
The use of fairytale allusion in “a princess out of tower” is symbolic of the caring and kindness of Australian public to animals. It also indicates typical Australians’ feelings of protection and sympathy toward the underdogs. Most Australians would concede that this is an accurate and widely held vision of the strength of the Australian
This technique leaves the reader feeling elevated, empowered and able to develop a strong sense and understanding of the message of the poem. Noonuccal of Oodgeroo tribes’ poem ultimately shows how nature can provoke reflection and inspiration. In this poem, to reflect, inspire and provoke change towards man’s destruction of the