Analyse the ways Gwen Harwood has prompted you to understand and respond to great and provocative ideas in her poetry. Make detailed reference to 3 poems. Gwen Harwood’s body of work skilfully portrays provocative ideas which stimulate understanding and engage with readers. Harwood’s poems ‘The Violets’‚ ‘Sharpness of Death’ and ‘Father and Child’ are key ideas which are representative of the transition from innocence to experience‚ the transience of time and the inevitability of death. Due to
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Discoveries deepen our understandings of ourselves and the world and have a transformative effect on those who discover. In William Shakespeare’s play The Tempest‚ and Gwen Harwood’s poem ‘The Glass Jar’‚ the authors use the characterisation of main characters in their texts to explore the ways in which discovery affects people and how it changes their perspectives‚ leading to deeper and broader understandings of themselves and their worlds. The characters of the boy in ‘The Glass Jar’ and Miranda
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English Speech The bildungsroman genre comprises social and psychological maturity of its protagonist. Harper lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird and Gwen Harwood’s Father and Child poem both are written in bildungsroman genre. The two texts surround the themes of childhood innocence and maturing to reflect upon universal human experiences. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird focuses on the protagonist‚ Scout‚ and how moves from a state of innocence to one of maturity. At the start of the book‚ Scout
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Death is an unavoidable occurrence in life‚ but the forms vary in the way that people may describe a death or may be a feeling of what might feel like death. Both W.H. Auden who wrote the poem Stop all the Clocks and Gwen Harwood who wrote the poem Barn Owl have both shown the idea of death in their poems. In the first part of the poem Barn Owl a child at a rebellious age‚ experiments with the constraints of authority in an attempt to seek control for herself‚ as the child sneaks out to kill a
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person is generally achieved as a result of the thorough understanding and acceptance of their identity. This is evident through the novel‚ “Alias Grace” by Margaret Atwood‚ the film “American Beauty” by Sam Mendes and the poem “In the Park” by Gwen Harwood. All three texts portray protagonists who either struggles to find their identity or is unhappy with their current identity. Indicating to the reader of the discontentment that is present if one’s identity unknown or despised. Margaret Atwood’s
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poem and film. The satirical dramatic monologue of Weapon’s training by Bruce Dawe and Father and child by Gwen Harwood‚ both demonstrate the power of death that enhances one’s present perception. In cohesion with Dawe’s poem‚ Zhang Yimou’s film Flowers of war‚ a wartime epic during the ‘Rape of Nanking’ of the Second Sino-Japanese war both illustrate the power of war. Both Yimou and Harwood relate to the power of innocence as inherently vital to humanity. Composers accentuate the power of death
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The first person narrative poem ‘Father and child’ by Gwen Harwood‚ is structured in two sections each with seven stanzas and six lines. It focuses on an individuals revolt against authority and the consequences of such an action‚ as well as an insinuation of the imminent death of a parent. Harwood uses persuasive and implicit means to “mirror” the loss of innocence and its effect on the sense of appreciation or acceptance of the complexities existing in the wider world. Overall‚ ‘Father and Child’
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"Alter ego" Alter ego‚ by Gwen Harwood‚ is a poem about self discovery through inner journey and spiritual realization. This poem tries to tell the audience about her attempted journey to self discovery. Harwood uses natural references‚ feminist points of view and even a possible religious telling to the poem. This shows the audience that Harwood acknowledges and explores her inner self‚ or alter ego‚ in many different aspects. But the main question Harwood raises is "Who am I?" An alter
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Advanced Module B Essay Gwen Harwood 908 Gwen Harwood’s poetry utilises a variety of textual forms to explore the complex relationship between memory and the passing of time. Her works address the concept of memory as a means of defying the years’ inexorable march forward‚ and thus make great use of time shifts and vivid imagery in painting an evocative portrait of time’s passage and its impact upon the individual. Both “At Mornington” and “The Violets” explore the connection between past
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that is missing or hidden. Through relationships we learn the impact discoveries have on people and the way relationships and discoveries interweave. “Looking for Alibrandi“ published in 1992 by Melina Marchetta‚ “In the park” written in 1963 by Gwen Harwood and “What a girl wants” created in 2003 by Dennie Gordon all show immense discoveries and send messages through the techniques like hypocracy‚ flashback‚ sarcasm‚ camera angles and polar opposites. In the text “Looking for Alibrandi‚” published
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