Ned Kelly Kelly was twelve when his father died‚ and he was subsequently required to leave school to take on the new position as head of the family. Shortly after this‚ the Kellys moved to Glenrowan. As a teenager‚ Ned became involved in petty crimes‚ regularly targeting the wealthy landowners. The story goes that Ned Kelly was influenced to become a bushranger. His family was not particularly liked by the law‚ and so when he was persecuted by a few of the policemen‚ he reacted and decided to
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Ned Kelly’s story has many amazing elements. It can been seen as one of a poor boy of great skill‚ devoted to his family‚ wronged by the police and the legal system and - following a tragic series of events - executed at the age of 25. Some feel it is a strongly Australian story with Kelly as the archetypal Australian challenging authority. There are also broader questions raised by his life. Was he a freedom fighter? Was he attempting to spark an uprising? When do people have the right to resist
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involves understanding the motivation that is the cause of the crime committed by the criminal. This is shown in the film Ned Kelly as Ned’s crimes are committed in retaliation for the mistreatment of him by the Victorian Police. This film portrays Ned as heroic figure who is standing up to mistreatment and it portrays the police as villainous scum due to their abuse of power. Ned Kelly viewed himself and his family as victims of police persecution. However whilst growing
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The movie "Ned Kelly" is telling the audience about Australian history and that Australia is not a perfect country‚ but struggles with criminals as well. It also conveys racism‚ not against blacks‚ but against the Irish. This is now dispelled as Ned Kelly is known as the ’Australian hero’‚ not the ’Irish Migrant of Australia hero’. The Kelly family were always the target of the soldiers’ fun. Friendship is portrayed as being vital‚ as the gang of outlaws would not have been able to achieve what they
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Ned Kelly Ned Kelly is an iconic Australian legend who is known as one of the most famous outlaws in Australia. Some know of him as a villain‚ others know him as a hero. But what was he really? The 2003 film “Ned Kelly” featuring Heath Ledger as Ned‚ portrays the famous outlaw as a tragic hero rather than a murderer and a thief. By researching Ned’s events‚ accomplishments and endeavours‚ it tells us that Ned was in fact a villain rather than a hero. The following essay will highlight why it is
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Notorious bushranger‚ popular icon and national identity‚ Ned Kelly was hanged at Melbourne Gaol in 1880. It was the final curtain in one of the most colourful and controversial careers in Australia’s history. A ’troublemaker’ in a lawless outpost Kelly was born in December 1854‚ near the town of Beveridge in Victoria. When he was 12‚ his Irish father John ’Red’ Kelly‚ an ex-convict‚ died of dropsy‚ forcing Kelly to leave school and become the family breadwinner. Soon after‚ his mother Ellen
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How does a man hanged for murder‚ become an Australian national hero? Ned was just 16 when he was convicted of receiving a stolen horse and served three years in gaol before being released in 1874. Whether or not he was set for a life of crime is hard to say‚ but one event had a dramatic effect on determining his future and that was in April 1878. A police officer called Fitzpatrick accused Ned’s mother of attacking him and Ned of shooting him in the wrist. But whatever actually happened‚ the end
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Ned Kelly : HERO OR VILLAIN? People have always argued about Ned Kelly and whether he was a hero of a villain. In my eyes he was neither hero or villain. If anything he was a heroic villain. Ned Kelly was just an Australian with Irish born parents who was given a hard time by the Australian police officers. When he was blamed for shooting a police officer he went on the run as an outlaw. The police bullied and picked on his friends and family‚ imprisoning his mother and some of his friends
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The Last Outlaw: Ned Kelly as Australian Icon By: Rynatha Vietadiella P. 121012096 English Department‚ Faculty of Humanities ------------------------------------------------- Airlangga University ------------------------------------------------- Introduction Every nation must have a historical figure of the hero which is attached as their identity. Usually they are figures which opponents of the law arbitrary‚ defender of the oppressed‚ close by the poor. The most memorable of them‚ of course
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thought of Ned Kelly as a villain‚ some think of him as a hero or possibly a victim in most cases. Ned Kelly has committed various villainous acts or has been a part of scenes where he most likely wasn’t supposed to be. However‚ Ned has also done heroic acts and has been victimized by numerous Victorians at the time. Ned Kelly had been expected to be a villain since a young age. Young Ned had done many things a twelve year old wouldn’t think of committing‚ such as robbing a bank. Ned was originally
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