Distinctively visual techniques are fundamental in the transmission of stimulating ideas between composers and responders of their texts. They are able to communicate the distinctive experiences within their texts that affect the responder and their relationships with others and the world. In the context of WW2, John Misto’s play The Shoe Horn Sonata conveys the experiences of the suffering of the female prisoners of war. It is Misto’s intention to portray the oppression the women suffered and highlight the power of art in their journey to hope and purpose. These ideas are also explored through Gary Ross’ film, Pleasantville as the protagonists fight against oppression of society’s expectations and the power of art as a way of escaping this and finding a purpose and a sense of hope.
They are using stereotypes to classify each other. Racism is another relevant term and theme from throughout the film. Racism is defined as the belief that some races are inherently superior to others and therefore have a right to dominate, generalize and taunt them.’ (dictionary.reference.com). There are many different examples of racism used throughout the the film, one example being the way Gary’s mum acts towards Julius, she does not even acknowledge him, let a lone talk to him or shake his hand, because he is black. Discrimination is defined as the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things especially on the grounds of race, age and sex
By these plays being set in post war Australia there is a great deal of racism against foreigners and the women of Australia being treated unfairly by their husbands and being talked down to by men as the women did not have much say back then. In a class workshop we explored and performed a scene in Norm and Ahmed where Norm starts talking about his recently deceased wife ‘Beryl’ and tells Ahmed how lonely he has been lately, Ahmed being a good human comforts him saying how sorry he is to hear, then suddenly Norm acted out aggressively to Ahmed, in this scene we can see that male dominance is a big factor within the Australian society Our class wanted to
Self-love and racism play a very important role in Zora Neale Hurston's “Their Eyes Were Watching God.” The theme of love with her Granny was force upon Janie and finding love within her was described as a pear tree and the horizon. Janie spent her days looking for passionate love in three different marriages. With the character of Mrs. Turner, she shows how everyone is racist in the world, and she is black herself but don’t want to realize it because she’s biracial. Hurston’s theme of “Their Eyes Were Watching God” was based on the Harlem Renaissance and was shown dramatically throughout of the book. First, the theme of love with her Granny was force upon Janie and finding love within her was described as a pear tree and the horizon.
For instance, Bigger decides to go see the movie Trader Horn to distract himself from the growing fear of robbing Blum. Wright notes that Bigger “looked at Trader Horn unfold and saw pictures of naked black men and women whirling in wild dances […]” (33). Laws dictated by white supremacy mandate racial segregation, which encourages the brute stereotype. It is a vicious cycle: white society forces black people into poverty and leaves them with little opportunity for success. While black people struggle, the media constantly portrays them as animalistic brutes.
Suu Kyi, in her feministic speech, Keynote emphasizes of the uneven distribution of power between the genders through a personal anecdote, “Last Month, I was released from almost six years of house arrest”. She positions herself in a dire situation as her experiences with sexual discrimination within Burma have awakened herself in representing the women community. The responders will become sympathetic towards Suu Kyi, hence, being emotionally attached and intrigued. Margaret Atwood utillises pathos in regards to humour unlike the compassion generated in Keynote in order to reinforce the fact that the portrayal on women in literature is mistreated. She mocks the nonsense remarks towards her literature through the biblical allusion, “this is a matter which should more properly be taken up with god”, emphasizing how it is a matter outside the range of power.
Case Study 1: Patient Admission Concepts related to HLTEN512B Topic 1 Mrs. Gwen Jones is a 70 year old woman who has been admitted to your ward after arriving from her doctor’s surgery. Her GP has included a letter stating that he has assessed Mrs. Jones and requests she is admitted. She is feeling very unwell, with a high temperature, frequency of urination and burning when urinating. She appears slightly confused. She complains of back pain.
She bit down on her bottom lip as her tears continued to cascade down her cheeks. She looked at the pale man lying on the hospital bed before her, grasping his hand as if at any moment he might slip away from her. It was her first week back at school when PC Dawson, a work colleague of her dads, collected her from her lesson. It was that day her whole world came crashing down. The day she found out her father had been shot and placed in a coma, one she was told he may never awake.
The director carefully uses music to describe the atmosphere of the character of Lady Ashley and her surroundings (destruction of Darwin – be explicit) Baz Lurhman wants the audience to feel the same emotions as Lady Ashley by effectively using a close up shot of Lady Ashley’s face to show the surprise and despair as she examines the exploded transport ship and black smoke covering the sky or when she suddenly hears “Some Where over the Rainbow” this song is presented to the viewer as Nullahs theme song (Magic song) as it is first introduced to the audience and Nullah by Lady Ashley as she sings it to Nullah after the death of his mother, Daisy. The song is repeated throughout the film in many scenes such as the drove to Darwin but specifically when Drover brings home the children and Nullah from Mission Island. This song represents that they will go home as it is shown by Dorothy in the ‘Wizard of Oz” when she wants to go home, also when this song is sung by the children on
Teresa Austin ENGL 151C Maria Brandon April 11, 2011 ESSAY 4 Alice Walker Alice Walker is an advocate/activist for the end of ignorance to the persecution of her gender and race. Alice Walker’s life relates to her stories, poems and plays, they represent a mirrored image of her life growing up a poor, oppressed, black daughter of sharecroppers. Walker’s writings are a voice for the injustice of prejudice and oppression of black women and their culture. In the summer of 1952 while playing cowboys and Indians with her brothers, Alice was blinded in her right eye from an accidental gunshot wound at the young age of eight. When she was 14 years old her brother Bill had the "cataract" removed for Alice by a doctor in