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The castle
‘deepen their understanding of how language can be used to affirm,
ignore, reveal, challenge or disrupt prevailing assumptions and beliefs about themselves, individuals and cultural groups’.
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Affirm
Agree, justified, validating, declare (declaration) = support and agreeing.
Reveal
Expose, give evidence, highlight, demonstrate, present, showing the truth.
Disrupt
Interrupt, disregard, disturbed, overlooked, disconnect
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Bonnie Doon
Dale, I think we are the luckiest family in the world.
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Describe the visual and auditory atmosphere of Bonnie Doon.
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Hills and lake, very sparse (empty)
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Sitch uses verbal and visual irony throughout Dale’s narration, often pairing the bleak country landscape and shots of grotesque phone towers with repetitious dialogue like ‘It’s a beautiful place…with a beautiful view’ and ‘Dale, I reckon we’re the luckiest family in the world…How’s the serenity?’
Whilst the juxtaposition between the family’s perspective of Bonnie Doon and the harsh reality is glaringly ironic, what does it reveal about ‘Aussie’ values of ‘home’, ‘belonging’ and ‘family’?
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In your response, make detailed reference to the text studied in Module A.
Tracey and Sal
Tracey disrupts rituals, as she wants to break out of stereotypical terms, as well as wanting to have kids later on in life.
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Gendered Rituals
Masculine Rituals
BBQ, The pool room, Fishing
Feminine Rituals
Cooking, Doing hair and nails, Wearing Pink or stereotypes colors that are made seen
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How does Rob Sitch’s film The Castle use language to invite us to reconsider our understanding of Australian culture and identity?
Analyse how language is used in your prescribed text to express identity and culture.
In your response, make close reference to your prescribed text.