Harry Lavender Character Analysis
Lesson introduction
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
1:55 PM
Homework:
Experiment with One Note
Today's Topics:
• Distinctive Voices
• 'The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender'
Most Important Facts Covered Today:
The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender Page 1
The Opening
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
1:43 PM
a) Identify 3 techniques used in the opening paragraph.
b) Is the 'voice' we hear that of a female or male?
Give reasons that it could be either.
c) Describe the typical detective.
Watch the following excerpts from classic crime fiction texts:
Maltese_F...
Maltese Falcon
Columbo
The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender Page 2
Characters in the text
Monday, 25 October 2010
2:18 PM
Johnny the Jumper
Guy
Harry Lavender
Steve Angell
Claudia Valentine …show more content…
In Claudia Valentine‟s city, sitting at home and being told about it is no substitute for getting in amongst it. This is perhaps the most significant change the entry of the female protagonist into the genre has brought. It is SHE who is telling HER story, she who is drawing new maps of the place. In her city you don‟t have to be that tough to walk the mean streets. Maybe that was all a con job to keep us at home.” Marele Day
“If the hard-boiled male detective comes to the story knowing the city like the back of his hand, the female detective shows how we might get to know it…One way men have kept women off their streets is to surround their „domains‟ with an aura of impenetrability…heavy industry…technology…Heavens above, technology can‟t be all that difficult if men know how to do it.” Marele Day.
One of the significant voices of the text is the voice of Sydney. In the novel the city is a persona – and how this is achieved is through the technique of personification.
Important to look at Harry Lavender here. Harry Lavender represents a corrupt developer responsible for destroying Sydney by knocking down heritage buildings, destroying parks, public spaces and …show more content…
This reveals Elliot‟s insecurity and self-doubt and gives the audience the impression that she could lose control of herself at any moment. As Elliot stomps her foot and uses her most distinctive phrase „Frick‟, the camera cuts to the perspective of the man she is trying to impress as she turns back to face him.
Through this distinctive phrase, she has revealed more of herself than she has wanted to and her plan to be perceived as a young, hot female doctor is folied.
Later in the episode, Elliot‟s voice becomes more distinctive. „Daaave, can I get an orange soda? I‟m so hot and thirsty.‟ Her voice is softer, more feminine, slower and more controlled in this example. She has changed the tone of her voice in order to get what she wants. This is in contrast to the high pitched, fast paced, shrill she distinctively uses when she is stressed or losing control.
Related texts Page 29
The Little Princess-related text
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
4:11 PM
Write about the Little Princess and connect it to the novel . Include film techniques in
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
1:55 PM
Homework:
Experiment with One Note
Today's Topics:
• Distinctive Voices
• 'The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender'
Most Important Facts Covered Today:
The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender Page 1
The Opening
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
1:43 PM
a) Identify 3 techniques used in the opening paragraph.
b) Is the 'voice' we hear that of a female or male?
Give reasons that it could be either.
c) Describe the typical detective.
Watch the following excerpts from classic crime fiction texts:
Maltese_F...
Maltese Falcon
Columbo
The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender Page 2
Characters in the text
Monday, 25 October 2010
2:18 PM
Johnny the Jumper
Guy
Harry Lavender
Steve Angell
Claudia Valentine …show more content…
In Claudia Valentine‟s city, sitting at home and being told about it is no substitute for getting in amongst it. This is perhaps the most significant change the entry of the female protagonist into the genre has brought. It is SHE who is telling HER story, she who is drawing new maps of the place. In her city you don‟t have to be that tough to walk the mean streets. Maybe that was all a con job to keep us at home.” Marele Day
“If the hard-boiled male detective comes to the story knowing the city like the back of his hand, the female detective shows how we might get to know it…One way men have kept women off their streets is to surround their „domains‟ with an aura of impenetrability…heavy industry…technology…Heavens above, technology can‟t be all that difficult if men know how to do it.” Marele Day.
One of the significant voices of the text is the voice of Sydney. In the novel the city is a persona – and how this is achieved is through the technique of personification.
Important to look at Harry Lavender here. Harry Lavender represents a corrupt developer responsible for destroying Sydney by knocking down heritage buildings, destroying parks, public spaces and …show more content…
This reveals Elliot‟s insecurity and self-doubt and gives the audience the impression that she could lose control of herself at any moment. As Elliot stomps her foot and uses her most distinctive phrase „Frick‟, the camera cuts to the perspective of the man she is trying to impress as she turns back to face him.
Through this distinctive phrase, she has revealed more of herself than she has wanted to and her plan to be perceived as a young, hot female doctor is folied.
Later in the episode, Elliot‟s voice becomes more distinctive. „Daaave, can I get an orange soda? I‟m so hot and thirsty.‟ Her voice is softer, more feminine, slower and more controlled in this example. She has changed the tone of her voice in order to get what she wants. This is in contrast to the high pitched, fast paced, shrill she distinctively uses when she is stressed or losing control.
Related texts Page 29
The Little Princess-related text
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
4:11 PM
Write about the Little Princess and connect it to the novel . Include film techniques in