Key Conflicts and Relationships (VCE SSCE English): Flashcards
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Time period & setting of Rainbow's End
Time period & setting of Rainbow's End
1950s Australia, post-war assimilation era
Nan's term for assimilation policies
Nan's term for assimilation policies
'Whitefella tricks' undermining Aboriginal identity
Gladys's symbol of respectability
Gladys's symbol of respectability
'Proper house' with Queen's portrait on porch
Nan's Scene 6 revelation to Gladys
Nan's Scene 6 revelation to Gladys
She was raped; violence resulted in Gladys's birth
Errol's nickname in the play
Errol's nickname in the play
The 'encyclopaedia boy'
What Dolly values over escaping with Errol
What Dolly values over escaping with Errol
'Family tree branches' - her cultural roots & community
Mr Coody's role & symbolism
Mr Coody's role & symbolism
Rent collector; white bureaucratic intrusion into homes
Leon's assault significance
Leon's assault significance
Rapes Dolly; intra-community violence from colonisation
Hessian fence's symbolic function
Hessian fence's symbolic function
Physically separates Aboriginal & white neighbourhoods
Family as paradox for Dear women
Family as paradox for Dear women
Both source of entrapment and liberation/strength