1205374508 2006 English Standard Notes
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Module A: Experience Through Language; Telling Stories
A Collection of Short Stories by Henry Lawson and Related Texts
The Drover’s Wife
Short Story by Henry Lawson
Shows the bush life and characteristics of people in the bush
Lawson shows the harsh reality of the bush though celebrate the heroine of the Drover’s Wife
The unknown name of the drover’s wife creates mystery and gives the story a universal application
Description of the monotonous landscape
‘Bush all round – bush with no horizon isolated Nineteen miles to the nearest sign of civilization
Follows a conventional narrative structure
Complication, ‘Snake! Mother snake!’
Story is developed through flashbacks this allows Lawson to develop the character of the drovers wife and show her tenacity
‘She thinks how she fought a flood during her husband’s absence’
Shows her emotional side, and the hardships
‘She cried then’
Though she is still able to laugh
‘Then she laughed’ [fingers through the hankie]
The conclusion is that the snake is killed
Although this is just another incident in her life
Imagery and hyperbole are used to emphasises points by Lawson
‘Carrying a stick bigger than himself’
Onomatopoeia
‘Thud, Thud’
Dramatic
Metaphors and symbolism
‘Worn out breast’
Symbolic of hardships
Personification
‘Sickly daylight break
The Chosen Vessel
Related Text for Henry Lawson’s, ‘The Drover’s Wife’ by Barbra Baynton Similar to ‘The Drover’s Wife’ in that the main character is:
Isolated
In need to survive
Living in poverty
Living in a male dominated society
Husband is away
Though it is different in that the main character is abused by her husband upon his return. The drover’s wife goes away and spends time with her husband whilst in the chosen vessel hardly any time is spent between the couple.
‘That’s the way!” the man said, laughing at her white face.’
Baynton uses various techniques to engage the audience:
The tone used is pittyful so that the audience is able to show
HSC Revision
Module A: Experience Through Language; Telling Stories
A Collection of Short Stories by Henry Lawson and Related Texts
The Drover’s Wife
Short Story by Henry Lawson
Shows the bush life and characteristics of people in the bush
Lawson shows the harsh reality of the bush though celebrate the heroine of the Drover’s Wife
The unknown name of the drover’s wife creates mystery and gives the story a universal application
Description of the monotonous landscape
‘Bush all round – bush with no horizon isolated Nineteen miles to the nearest sign of civilization
Follows a conventional narrative structure
Complication, ‘Snake! Mother snake!’
Story is developed through flashbacks this allows Lawson to develop the character of the drovers wife and show her tenacity
‘She thinks how she fought a flood during her husband’s absence’
Shows her emotional side, and the hardships
‘She cried then’
Though she is still able to laugh
‘Then she laughed’ [fingers through the hankie]
The conclusion is that the snake is killed
Although this is just another incident in her life
Imagery and hyperbole are used to emphasises points by Lawson
‘Carrying a stick bigger than himself’
Onomatopoeia
‘Thud, Thud’
Dramatic
Metaphors and symbolism
‘Worn out breast’
Symbolic of hardships
Personification
‘Sickly daylight break
The Chosen Vessel
Related Text for Henry Lawson’s, ‘The Drover’s Wife’ by Barbra Baynton Similar to ‘The Drover’s Wife’ in that the main character is:
Isolated
In need to survive
Living in poverty
Living in a male dominated society
Husband is away
Though it is different in that the main character is abused by her husband upon his return. The drover’s wife goes away and spends time with her husband whilst in the chosen vessel hardly any time is spent between the couple.
‘That’s the way!” the man said, laughing at her white face.’
Baynton uses various techniques to engage the audience:
The tone used is pittyful so that the audience is able to show