William Grenville

How has the Kate Grenville and William Shakespeare used compositional features to express both similar and different ideas of difference and power? The Secret River, set in England and Australia, was written by Kate Grenville in 2006. William Shakespeare’s play Othello was written in 1603 and set in Venice. Kate Grenville and William Shakespeare used compositional features to express both similar and different ideas of difference and power. They have cohesive ideas of power such as the use of structure

they view the world from a different viewpoint, and this is particularly relevant in the historical novel, The Secret River by Kate Grenville as the different contexts employed in the text influence how specific characters are represented. The Secret River is a text that delves into a dark side of Australian history, through the eyes of an ignorant British convict; William Thornhill. The novel begins in 18th century London, where Thornhill, a victim of the cruel class system in the late British society

Australia, during the 1900s. Along with British settlers, there are natives living in the forests of their colony. Throughout her novel the Secret River, Grenville uses Sal, Dickie and William Thornhill and their interactions with aborigines as a way to further investigate the aboriginal culture. Through the character, Sarah (Sal) Middleton, Grenville further explores the aboriginal culture in New South Whales. Throughout the novel Sal has several encounters with black, aboriginal women with whom she

(2005) is an intriguing historical novel written by Kate Grenville which allows the reader to clearly understand the time of colonial settlement of Australia in the late 18th century to the 19th century. Grenville attempts not to conform to the stereotypical history of the settlement but rather provides a fair view of the different attitudes with which settlers approached colonisation, and struggles they faced. Grenville tells the adventure of William Thornhill, an emancipist convicted and sent to serve

In The Secret River, Grenville expresses these two concerns of Australia’s history wars through Thornhill’s interpretation of the Aboriginal people, the other farmers and the actions taken. The three interpretations of the text above assist with understanding postcolonial concepts of colonial discourse in the way in which the colonisers and the colonised are represented. The interpretation of taking action against the Aboriginals coincides with the view of whitewashing. Interpreting the past not

evident that Smasher's hatred and conflict towards the Aborigines was not a result of fear or self-defence, but an outcome from pure blind racism and malevolence, Grenville suggests that some of the European settlers shared cruel, xenophobic personalities, which reinforces the Black Armband view of Australian history. In the novel, Grenville also creates another character who to a great extent juxtaposes the vision that Smasher embodies. Thomas Blackwood, a fellow emancipist settler, out of all the

The Secret River Essay Characters in the text The Secret River by Kate Grenville represent a variation of attitudes and views towards the colonisation of Australia and the Aboriginal Australians. While many characters are indecisive about their opinion on the natives, some characters have a clear mind-set on how they are to be treated. The characters of Thomas Blackwood and Smasher Sullivan represent the two very different sides of the moral scale, and the other characters fit between these sides

The Secret River is written by Kate Grenville, an internationally well-known author. It’s also her most influential magnum opus. Kate Grenville said, her mother’s grandfather was a poor man from London and sentenced to be sent to Australia because of stealing timbers in the early nineteenth century. After arriving to Sidney, he thought presumingly that he finally had his own land. The thing makes Grenville curious is that the land was supposed to belong to aboriginal people but how her grandfather

The core text chosen for this unit is the 2005 book The Secret River by Kate Grenville. The book is part of a series set in early colonial Australia and follows the story of William Thornhill, a convict colonist that settled on the Hawkesbury River in New South Eales. The book spans from William’s life in England, the voyage to Australia, convict life and settling in a new country. The text dramatizes the British colonisation of Australia, providing perspectives on issues such as the dispossession

Kate Grenville’s The Secret River uses characters to envision the conflicting beliefs and attitudes of the settlement of Australia and hence, the Aboriginal Australians. Whilst not all characters dictate their stance on the Aboriginal people, some characters make it very clear on their standpoint of the treatment of these people. The characters of Thomas Blackwood, Smasher Sullivan and Will Thornevill display completely ideosynatric moral behaviours, to which the other characters moral stance lies