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Describe and analyse the imagery and symbols develops during the ‘Balcony Scene’.
Romeo & Juliet. Act 2 Scene 2.
Homework <3 love imagery <3
Read the extract from below and write a paragraph analysing Romeo’s explanation of LOVE.
Be mindful to explore the range of “imagery” that is being used in the extract and the various effects that they give.
ROMEO
Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs;
Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers‘ eyes
Being vex’d a sea nourish’d with lovers’ tears What is it else? a madness most discreet,
A choking gall and a preserving sweet.
Grandfather Cries
Grandfather, do you know me?
I am your blood.
The son of your son.
I come to ask you a question Grandfather.
Grandfather, don’t you know me?
Can I stop being Indian now?
There are others that want to be Indian,
And if they can start from nothing,
I should be able to stop from something?
Grandfather, don’t you know me?
Grandfather, I don’t look like you.
I don’t know what you know.
It would be easy for me to hide behind my paler skin.
No one would know the pain I feel,
Or see the tears I cry for your Great Grandchildren.
Grandfather, don’t you know me?
Grandfather, look what I have done to our world.
Mother Earth is on her knees.
The Snake and Owl rule the day.
I don’t understand the language you speak Grandfather.
Grandfather, don’t you know me?
Grandfather, I want my Pepsi, Levi’s and Porsche too.
I want to go where the others go,
And see the things they see too.
I don’t have time to dance in the old way Grandfather.
Grandfather?
Grandfather, why are you crying?
Grandfather, why are you crying?
Grandfather, please stop crying.
Grandfather, don’t you know me?
GLOSSARY #1
Before reading the poem – write the following words and definitions into your book.
Colour Bar = law that prevented Aboriginals from being in certain places, i.e. they are only allowed to go to certain shops.
Bob = one shilling, ten cents.
Walkabout = Aboriginal expression for a journey
Gunya = traditional dwelling
Higher Purchase = ‘hire purchase’ / lay-by
Firesticks = dry sticks, rubbed together to light a fire
Bunyip = dangerous fantasy beast in Aboriginal stories
Red = communists
Cripes = expression for surpise
Message Stick = a stick carved in some way and used to communicate a message
Lubras = Aboriginal women
Woomera & Waddy = Aboriginal hunting weapons
Dog-collar = straight white collars worn by Protestant Priests
No more boomerang
No more boomerang
No more spear;
Now all civilised —
Colour bar and beer.
No more corroboree,
Gay dance and din.
Now we got movies,
And pay to go in.
No more sharing
What the hunter brings.
Now we work for money,
Then pay it back for things.
Now we track bosses
To catch a few bob,
Now we go walkabout
On bus to the job.
One time naked,
Who never knew shame;
Now we put clothes on
To hide whatsaname.
No more gunya,
Now bungalow,
Paid by hire purchase
In twenty year or so.
Lay down the stone axe,
Take up the steel,
And work like a nigger
For a white man meal.
No more firesticks
That made the whites scoff.
Now all electric,
And no better off.
Bunyip he finish,
Now got instead
White fella Bunyip,
Call him Red.
Abstract picture now —
What they coming at?
Cripes, in our caves we
Did better than that.
Black hunted wallaby,
White hunt dollar;
White fella witchdoctor
Wear dog-collar.
No more message-stick;
Lubras and lads.
Got television now,
Mostly ads.
Lay down the woomera,
Lay down the waddy.
Now we got atom-bomb,
End every-body.
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Question
When you read ‘No More Boomerang’ do you find it more amusing or more thought-provoking? Explain why? (4 – 5 sentences)
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Questions for your book.
PLEASE WRITE BOTH QUESTIONS AND YOUR ANSWERS IN YOUR ENGLISH BOOKS. PLEASE WRITE IN FULL SENTENCES – where appropriate –
1
a. Which word in the first stanza is used with irony?
i. civilized
ii. no
iii. colour bar
b. In stanza 7, which of the following is not correct?
i. Working with a steel implement instead of a stone axe is still working.
ii. There is irony in the fact that Aboriginals have to ‘work like a nigger’ in order to eat like a white man.
iii. Oodegeroo shows how things have improved for Aboriginal workers.
c. In stanza 9, Oodegeroo is making the following point.
i. Bunyips have red hair and are usually called ‘Red’
ii. In Australia at the time Communism was a source of irrational fear, like the bunyip in Aboriginal culture.
iii. White men believe in bunyips too.
d. What irony is Oodegeroo noting in the last stanza?
i. Woomeras are the most deadly weapons.
ii. It is very difficult to hunt kangaroos with an atom bomb.
iii. White man weapons can kill everybody, including the white man.
e. Decide whether the following statements are true or false.
i. The overall message in the poem is that adapting to white culture has not improved the lives of Aborignal people True / False
ii. The tone of this poem is angry. True / False
2
a. What do you think are the main themes and ideas in the poem and why? (2 – 3 sentences)
b. How has Oodgeroo represented her theme in ‘No More Boomerang’? What techniques has she used? (2 – 3 sentences)
c. Explain how stanza 11 ‘works’. (2 – 3 sentences)
3.
a. Find the puns in stanzas 6 and 11. Explain the effects of each. (4 sentences)
b. What is the effect of rhythm in the poem? (2 – 3 sentences)
c. Show how Oodgeroo has irony in ‘No More Boomerang.’ (2 – 3 sentences)
4.
a. What is the impact of the title?
b. What is the effect of the short rhyming stanzas?
5. What is Oodgeroo saying by using the italics on ‘everbody’ in the last stanza?
6. Write the definitions of the following in your book.
Civilised, Shame, Bungalow, Scoff, Abstract
In your opinion, is it better for the Aboriginal people to become fully part of white society, or is it better for them to retain their traditional lifestyle? Write 200 words.
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