Analysis Of Away By Michael Gow

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Set in the Australian summer of 1967, Michael Gow’s Away is an elaborate play which explores the ideas of self- discovery and change. Through the war affected nation, three families, each from different social classes, depart on an iconic Australian holiday to the beach. In the play, Gow utilises the characters to demonstrate that going away physically is intrinsically linked to their mental developments. With the help of references to Shakespeare’s A Midsummer night’s Dream, Away uses Gwen and Coral to show the significant psychological changes made by the characters during holidays to the coast. Tom throughout the play acts as a catalyst for the change in other characters and is associated with Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Michael Gow’s “Away” is an Australian play, set in the summer of 1967-68, in a time of great social and political change. “Away” tells the story of three families, each from different social classes, living in suburban Australia, as they each embark on their own holiday, attempting to escape their underlying personal issues. Immigrants Harry and Vic love their adopted country but are constantly faced with their son, Tom’s, terminal illness, while Jim and Gwen fret over their daughter Meg’s blossoming independence and her friendship with the socially unsuitable Tom, and Roy is unable to console a grief–stricken Coral over the death of their only son during the Vietnam war. Although each family is completely dissimilar, the theme of love remains

“Away” is a historical play written in 1988 by Michael Gow. Away reflects to the central ideas, values and conflicts of Australia in 1967-68. The central ideas embrace outsiders, family conflicts and grief and loss which affected families in the play and in the time. Gow uses three main families to convey the message of the play. The use of language and stylistic devices influence the way Gow has been able to speak to the modern Australian audience. In the play, Gow is able to speak to the modern Australian audience with the clever, complex use of allusion. The modern audience would have to do research to understand the allusions in the play however on a superficial level the audience is still able to enjoy the central themes and ideas of the play.

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Michael Gow's play, "Away" expresses the idea of going through changes and receiving help from people around you. The key characters of the play experiences change and renewal as a result of their relationships with others ad the summer vacation. Coral and Gwen is two characters that undergo the most changes throughout the trip. Coral manage to moved on from her's son death while Gwen changed from a snobby person to a person who is more understandable. Tom is one of the critical character that help Coral and Gwen realised their issues and surpasses it. The play showed lives of people and their own struggle during the 60s and how they overcome it.

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“To discover is to gain sight or knowledge of something.” How have ideas about discovery been shown in Away and The Book Thief

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"this fine play untransplantably Australian in all of its accents, gave Australian theatre goers the chance to feel as American audiences must have felt when O'Neil first began to assert American vitality and independence in drama, or the Irish must have felt when Synge gave them The Playboy of the Western World."

To begin with, in this play the author unfolds family conflicts that involve its characters into a series of events that affected their lives and pushed them to unexpected ways.

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Loose Lips Sink Ships was an upbeat, lively show depicting life during World War II in Sturgeon Bay’s shipyards. Initially, I was looking forward to the colorful costumes and to seeing how this era has impacted America’s history. Most importantly, I was excited to see strong women working hard to achieve equality in the workplace. I have seen plays at the Helfaer Theatre before, so I had some expectations going into the play. I anticipated the cast would most likely be small and the stage space limited—therefore, the actors would utilize the space given to them. This proved to be true, and the intimate space lead me to feel more connected to the actors. Additionally, I enjoyed the fact that the curtains were open to start the performance because it let the audience see the intricate, detailed set. Related to the play itself, I expected many big musical numbers focused on the actresses. The fashion, comedy, and the main character, Roxie, were the best aspects of the production. Although I did feel a connection to the play due to my feminist beliefs, I had an Aesthetic Distance, or a divide in the fictional reality the play portrayed and my own reality in order to analyze it with a critical eye. The moment in the play where I experienced this suspension of disbelief as an audience member was when Eric died in the airplane crash. He was a crowd favorite, and I felt as if he reminded me of a younger brother or clumsy friend. When he died, I cried a little. Although I realized