David Williamson’s The Removalists illustrates abuse of authority, corruption, violence and domestic abuse. Throughout the use of various dramatic techniques, styles, forms and conventions, both Alex Buzo and David Williamson have found ways to challenge the audience into questioning their own beliefs and ideas. Alex Buzo’s Norm and Ahmed is a play that epitomizes abuse of authority, racism and violence. Norm, as the character’s name suggests, is an average Australian – the ‘norm’. He is the typical
‘Twelve Angry Men’ is a naturalistic play, written by Reginald Rose who shows that conflict can impact on all people, and its factors are what make the issue of prejudice, justice and the case of personal experience. Prejudice is one of many factors that contribute on conflict, how it is gone about, and the way it prevents people from acting towards others. Along with the inhabitants of prejudice, justice and personal experience are also major factors which are involved in the outcome of conflict. Throughout the play, a main focus which Rose explores is prejudice, and the way he links it to a major factor of conflict. While Rose showcases the effect of prejudice and its impact on conflict, he endures using his jury, the major influence personal experience has on people, and each other, making the decision from come personally.
This movie shows us the different point of view of people in our society; it gives us an insight of the stereotypes that have built within our society and within the world. It invites us to see and understand how such a small stereotype and negative attitude can go a long way and affect people differently. In the movie Crash it is apparent that emotions run high in the tussle of racial and ethnic inequality such as frustration, aggression, and authoritative personalities, however the symbolic integrationist perspective present solutions to the problems of racial and ethnic inequality. According to Diana Kendall in Social Problems In a Diverse Society, the frustration-aggression hypothesis is “Individuals who are frustrated in their efforts to achieve a highly desired goal tend to develop a pattern of aggression toward others (51).” In other words, when people feel as though they are being prevented from achieving a goal, their frustration will usually turn into aggression. In the movie Crash, Farhad, the Iranian storeowner tried to live his best to pursue the American dream by running his own store.
Gender inequality has continuously been a controversial issue in society. Overall women have been disadvantaged as a result of gender related biases especially in male dominated fields. This essay examines the social issue of discrimination of women in the Australian military as it has been reported by two news websites: The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) and The Australian, in the context of the Federal government’s decision to remove all gender-based restrictions in the military. Using the work of McCombs and Shaw on agenda setting theory, this essay will argue that the more centrist approach taken by The SMH and the more conservative one taken by The Australian aim to persuade their readers to either approve or disapprove of the government’s decision. To achieve this, it will firstly provide an overview of gender inequality and discrimination in the military, using research to show how women have been disadvantaged and excluded from certain roles.
English Essay – Task 8 Texts: Image 2 & Born Into Brothels There are so many different social issues in the world right now. However due to cultural differences, some social norms in other parts of the world would be considered outrageous here in Australia. When we as Westerners view the documentary “Born Into Brothels” by Zana Briski and the image taken by Oded Balilty, our attitude is to respond negatively to the social issues being represented in these texts because they challenge naturalised values and beliefs towards equal rights for men, women and children. Briski and Balilty achieve this response via their use of cinematography, mise en scene and composition. In the image taken by Oded Balilty, the composition and mise en
The ceremonial life is consequently impacted, as Aboriginal spirituality is linked to the education of tradition and life skills through the Dreaming. The physical, spiritual and psychological impact of dispossession is indisputable in regards to the Stolen Generation, which continued a cycle of abuse that has left an unsettling legacy on Australia and its treatment of
Name: Marwa Abbas Emam Ali Subject: Research Proposal Proposed Research Topic: Racial discrimination and problems of identity are the main themes that run throughout postcolonial discourse. Postcolonial literature is a literary critique to texts that carry racists or colonial undertones. It attempts to critique the contemporary postcolonial discourse that has been shaped over recent times. Postcolonial literature is characterized by using organic characters, settings, and events to explore the struggle with questions of identity, conflicts of living between the old, native world, and the invasive forces of hegemony from dominant cultures. Wide Sargasso Sea is Jean Rhys' masterpiece which is considered one of the most famous novel in postcolonial age.
In order to persuade the targeted audience, the composer uses specific language devices to connect their representation to their responder. In Keating speech, Keating repeatedly uses inclusive language such as “we” and “us” to reinforce a nation united and empower his audience to take action. He also uses high modality in “smashed” and “fractured identity” to connotate the negative impacts of a broken nation and positions the audience to sympathise with his speech. The sense of pathos created appeals to all Australians to show an understanding of the unjustice and creates a tone of hope for Indigenous Australians. In relation, Oodgeroo uses direct address “You” to refer to the intended audience of the poem, White Australians.
Written 3 The Racial Hatred Act The Racial Hatred Act, introduced in October 1995, is in place so that people can complain to the Australian Human Rights Commission about racially offensive or abusive behaviour. It aims to strike a balance between two valued rights: the right to communicate freely and the right to live free from vilification. The Act covers public acts which are done, in whole or in part, because of the race, colour, or national or ethnic origin of a person or group and reasonably likely in all the circumstances to offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate that person or group. The Sex Discrimination Act Australia has made good progress towards achieving gender equality in recent times. However, women still experience inequality
This notion of insecurity, is explored thoroughly throughout Arthur Millers’ play “The Crucible” and Ken Kesey’s allegorical novel “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (One Flew), specifically through the characterisation of both texts’ protagonists as well as the other major characters. The themes explored throughout the texts demonstrate the intensity to which authority can diminish an individual’s rights, freedoms and ways of thinking. The notion of social dissention and the effect hysteria and injustice can have on a society as a whole and the use of dramatic techniques and theatrical devices are other ways in which insecurity and not-belonging are highlighted throughout the duration of each text “The Crucible” is a play written by Arthur Miller, set in Salem in 1692 during the times of the Salem Witch Trials; it explores the ideas associated with the permanent derangement of the American psyche and the compromising of judicial and democratic rights as those whose loyalties were considered suspect, found themselves accused and condemned by innuendo rather than by any proof of wrongdoing. The sensationalism of these accusations increased public insecurity as individuals