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(Joe Wilson Courtship and dsadsas wife) next day. The story is set in the outback with many low trees, which is very isolated and basic. It has one setting, the house in outback, with one simple event, the snake, and one main character, Drover’s wife. Even though “Drover’s Wife” is set in one setting, Lawson uses techniques like anecdotes to capture audience’s attentions. The use of these flashbacks or anecdotes is to give more information about the Drover’s wife and it creates a good characteristic of the women. The small gaps, for example “it must be near one or two’ o clock”, shows the movement of her mind from the past and present. This anecdote broadens the viewer’s perspectives of women life and develops an understanding of her experiences and it also gives breath of the story. Some gentle humour is used in the story for example handkerchief incident, which soften the wife’s character and also make us feel sympathetic towards her. The story is written mostly in the present tense, which create immediacy tension while the drover’s wife wait for the snake. In the two stories, “Drover’s Wife” and “Joe Wilson Courtship” by Henry Lawson, uses effective techniques to tell the story. Where as in the TV documentary, “Plumpton High Babies”, and the recorded performance, “Flying Fox”, uses different techniques from Lawson’s stories but are also very effective. Some Lawson’s stories are very non-romantic and non-glamorizes, for example the “Drover’s Wife”. “Drover’s Wife” is a story focused on an incident experienced by the women living alone with her children in the bush. One of her child notices a snake, which disappears under the hut, and the mother keeps vigil through the night until the snake reappears. The snake is then dealt with the next day. The story is set in the outback with many low trees, which is very isolated and basic.
Approximate Word count = 1188
Approximate Pages = 4.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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