Jessica Aramini Hi Jessica, your written letter to Miss Slattery is effective in conveying your passion as a feminist towards Miss Slattery commenting on her empowering motives, as well as your reflection of Mr. Szabo and Misses Slattery’s relationship. Especially notable is your reflection towards Mr. Slazo and Miss Slattery’s relationship symbolism towards unbalanced relationships …
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CRITICAL – Henry Lawson or Banjo Paterson? Explain briefly your understanding of why these two authors were so different in their views of the Australian experience. The Australian experience is a question that has often been interpreted in various ways, in consequence to its intricacies in what even defines an Australian? Henry Lawson and Banjo …
Peer Review 3
Cameron Cole Hi Cameron, your poem’s conveyance of William Pigenuit’s Kosciuszko is very well written encapturing a very telling image of landscape art piece. Your descriptive use of many subjects within the composition allows for vivid imagery such as “moss-speckled lumps/ yellowing grass/ sparse brush”. Alternatively, your adjectives assist in encapsulating moving image throughout adjectives …
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Creative – Write a letter to Miss Slattery telling her what you think about the decision she made to leave Szabo. Dear, Miss Slattery Dear, Miss Slattery I had just heard the news of your decision to leave Szabo and I cannot help but express my support for you. I could never agree with your …
Peer Review 2
Gavin Tran Hi Gavin, I see you’ve done ‘First Class Marksman’ by Sidney Nolan, I did the same task. You have done well in critically analyses, mentioning the technique of symbolism that flows through this art piece speculating the outlaw’s nature, depicted in a negative light, a well-crafted blog review. One suggestion would be to add …
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1/ CREATIVE Take any single Australian painting that you saw at the gallery yesterday (it must be one that you saw) and write a description either in poetry or prose. Pay close attention to detail in your description. What you are in fact doing in this exercise is a piece of Ekphrastic Writing. Check up …
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Critical – Write a brief description of this painting of Ned Kelly. What do you think it is saying about Ned Kelly’s status in the 20th Century Image provided via Michael Griffith’s Blog site The image in question seems to be a depiction of Ned Kelly’s use of his weapon being a shotgun, revealing a …
Peer Review 1
Erika Mei Tan Hello Erika your blog review’s focus on the poem ‘Urbanised Reebocks‘, written by Lisa Bellear, is an extensively detailed critical blog, with the expression of your emotional state throughout is self-reflective. Erika you provide background information of Bellear and input of the poems subject matter. Going as far to place quotations that …
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Critical – Which poem or story that we have looked at so far made an impression on you? What was the impression it made? Why did it touch your feelings and imagination? A mid-summer noon in Australian forest The continuous use of personification throughout Charles Harpur’s ‘A mid-summer noon in the Australian Forrest’ invigorated my …
My First Blog Post
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.
Dylan Versola 