Themes and Ideas (VCE SSCE English): Flashcards

Victorian colonial order vs ancient Australian landscape

Landscape's temporal dominion over colonial clockwork order

Ethereal, otherworldly - embodies feminine purity & mystery

Liberation of repressed bodies & desires from Victorian control

Makes humans appear transient against ancient rock formations

Ancient landscape engulfs & triumphs over colonial institutions

Rejects thriller revelation; suspension as truth, not closure

Forbidden romantic/erotic feelings punished by Mrs Appleyard

Fragility of British Empire's domestic institutions in Australia

Pastoral solo darkens to ominous drone across film