Underbelly And Blackrock Analysis

Although released over 17 years ago, Rob Sitch’s comedy The Castle remains an incredibly popular film that portrays an ‘Aussie Battler’ family, the Kerrigans, in suburbia. Film writer Ian Craven states that the Kerrigans possess “the qualities of a simple good-heartedness family, with human decency and dignity”, all of which can be easily recognized by the audience throughout the film. The Castle takes a satirical look at Australian suburbia in order to manipulate traditional stereotypes, gender constructions, themes, identities, ideologies and cinematic techniques as a means of altering the positioning of the audience.

Furthermore, Downey’s apt use of pathos, or emotional appeals, draws readers in and triggers an emotional response in them, keeping them engaged for the duration of the essay. To expand, he uses blunt phrases like, “permanent loss” (445) and “distant, angry aliens, lacking emotional bonds” (446) to create a severe impact on readers. Also, stirring examples of “descent into alcohol, drugs, and prostitution” (445) and “children committing suicide” (446) illustrate for readers the acute level of damage and suffering that Aboriginal victims experienced. Downey’s use of evocative and graphic imagery in his recounts of “residential schools” (446) and the physical, “emotional and sexual abuse” (447) that specific victims endured elucidates the turmoil and anguish felt by victims of the ‘Sixties Scoop’ in general. As such, this technique fully immerses readers in his essay. Downey creates both a sense of compassion and guilt in his readers through his mention of children who were “enslaved,

In contemporary society, interpretation is an institutional practice with readers consequently sharing assumptions; highlighting the concept of interpretive communities. Audiences often respond to ideas based on dominant contextual norms and ideologies. The biased recount of Australia's sullen and discriminatory past has led to a collective ignorance; with awareness and redemption of the true atrocities committed by British Settlers being a new concept. Kate Grenville's raw and accosting novel the Secret River confronts readers, positioning them to challenge the socio-historical doctrines of the 21st Century society. Analytical readers can respond actively to issues of racism by acknowledging the intertextuality of the text and contemporary actions, and by recognising and contrasting prevailing attitudes. This process evokes an emotive response to uncomfortable notions and influences a remorseful reaction towards the Aboriginal community and their hardship.

The Queensland Theatre Company’s Black Diggers’ dramatic meaning is to highlight the racial prejudice that Indigenous soldiers faced in the time period surrounding World War II and call to attention the lack of remembrance and appreciation for Indigenous soldiers actions. The dramatic meaning is effectively portrayed to the audience through the manipulation of the elements of drama, the components of collage drama and acting skills.

In the book Games Criminals Play, it designed to assist law enforcement professionals in developing a better perceptive of criminals’ thoughts and behavior by discussing a sequence of ingenious phases, called a 'set-up.’ Prisoners operate this method to manipulate prison staff. Therefore, leading the police and correctional officers into violating the law. Throughout the book, it provides a systematic process of the ‘set-up’ and actual case histories to illustrate how a person can become a victim of a set-up. Additionally, presenting to the readers the ‘protectors’ necessary to hinder the process of a set-up, if the individual suspects they are about to become a victim.

In contemporary times the Indigenous are stereotypically represented as being violent and aggressive. Sen is creating a stereotypical image of young Indigenous boys as criminals and dominative. An extreme close up of Vaughn behind jail bars show the separation between Vaughn and society. The stereotype of Indigenous Australians as criminals is shown in a negative light and acts as a false stereotype. The jail bars act as a physical and metaphorical barrier and the use of non diegetic music sets a mood of extreme sadness. Domestic violence is also suggested in the car ride. The women with the child is seen as submissive and this violence acts as usual practise. However, Vaughn does not appear to this stereotype of all males being dominative. Sen’s use of camera angles highlights the stereotypical nature of indigenous people and

Australian film and television deal with such themes by accepting the reality of Australian contexts. The Australian demographic are known for their rough humour and approach, hence the depiction of an Australian man, or woman, can be taken lightly and not offensively. At the same time, film and television are careful in representing Indigenous Australian as opposed to stereotypical white Australians. It is these historical, political, socio-economic ideologies that shape Australia’s national ‘type’.

“The third stage of narrative development was characterized by the appearance of rogues… relying on cleverness more than force, and motivated more by profits than by passion” (Williams 14). Rogues defied whatever came in between their pursuit, whether it be law or authority (Williams 14). In the third stage of criminal literature, the protagonists were all rogues despite of their unlawfully ways, they “aroused reader sympathy” (Williams 16). Williams described these rogues as “outsiders, existing apart from the social structure either by choice or by fate” (William 16). He also described these rogues as “individualistic, opportunistic, self-reliant” as well as “defiant of authority and entirely free” (Williams 16). William argues that the evolution of these narratives took place in three stages: the first being the “early execution sermons and final confessions”, the second being “the incomplete narratives of life and, finally the full length rogue narrative” (Williams 17). Williams’ article describes how criminal literature changed from “promoting obedience, [to] encouraged defiance” (Williams

The underlying messages that Australia is an inherently violent society, and that the Australian male uses violence to resolve their problems is shown in The Removalists through the Oker identity of Simmonds and Kenny. Stereotypes creating deeper understanding of the themes when staging this production are presented immediately by Kenny’s recognisable personality, which allows the audience to easily accept that Kenny would abuse his wife

Jeffrey Cohen, a monster studies scholar, notes that the “monster dwells at the gates of difference” (Cohen 7). This difference includes racial difference, and many racial minorities like Blacks are monsterized by Whites in the USA. Victor LaValle’s novel The Ballad of Black Tom explores Tommy’s acceptance of his monstrous identity as Black Tom. As a Black man, Tommy has no social or physical agency to fight back against the oppressive white structure, forcing him to ally with monstrosity (LaValle 130). However, as a monster, Tommy turns the oppressive system over by reversing the existing social order. LaValle’s use of repetitive actions of power suggests that Tommy’s monstrous identity empowers him by reducing the oppressive white supremacy

The viewers are positioned in the group of people who are educated by crime knowledge. Television helps viewers to shape the way that they understand the world. They were educated to understand the social world and to recognize of right and wrong. The show warns the audience that the crime happens anytime any place. However, Even though the world contains crime and violence, people would not be hopeless because the police as a moral authority and they are the embodiment of justice.

They were babies, really – a teenage cousin, a brother of 22, a childhood friend in his mid-20s all gone down in episodes of bravado played out in the streets.”(paragraph.6) Staples uses personal stories of conflict and pathos to illustrate violence and the emotional/physical price it has on people and their attitudes.

Many things come into play after the announcement of the play being put on by convicts. There are several themes in the play, such as the judicial system and punishment, and sexuality. The underlining theme, the one with the repeating patterns and symbol, was redemption and theater as a humanizing experience. The judicial system used in Australia during that time period was during the Georgian era, which was the system used in England. This was the harshest system of Europe, and possibly the world during the era. Any crime, especially crimes that were minute, was punishable by hanging. The public usually gave punishments for crimes to the criminals. In that era, the public was more concerned about crimes such as theft and less concerned about crimes such as murder. The judicial system and its way of giving punishments mostly did not fit the crimes; criminals would be hanged for stealing food or money. Equality in sexes is another evident theme of the play. The convict

We as the audience are engaged in an upfront manner by the individual concerns and social issues through our chosen texts the characters in Fearless and Stolen. Stolen written by Jane Harrison is an indigenous text which explores issues which arose as a result of the forced removal of Aboriginal children, this is showcased by 5 children perspective. Fearless by Mirra Todd explores stories about people we wouldn’t give a second look at, it also shows the struggles of some society’s outcasts. These two texts allow the audience to see and engage with what many Australians face every day. ’Stolen’ is a play filled with powerful short moments which tell the audience the effects of a child removed from all that they know, their identity being stripped away and moulded into something foreign.

Has Jack the Ripper remained a prominent figure in society? The following will investigate the changing nature of the historiography of Jack the Ripper as recorded through the media across the ages and evaluate why and how this has influenced his image. By considering the changing nature of this specific component of Jack the Ripper’s historiography, the investigation will highlight how this mysterious figures’ presence has successfully endured from the time of the murders to the present. Many factors were crucial to the formation of Jack the Ripper’s position in both modern and past society and popular culture and this report will cover and discuss what these were and why they have affected the enduring nature of the prominence of the Ripper’s steadfast position in society and public interest. There have also been significant debates throughout the course of the case which have also been discussed and evaluated.