HUMAN EXPERIENCES RAINBOWS END

Jane Harrison's play, "Rainbow's End" accentuates the correlation between individual and collective experiences.
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Jane Harrison's play, "Rainbow's End" accentuates the correlation between individual and collective experiences.
Introduction x 1
Through the employment of dramatic techniques, Harrison encapsulates the social and psychological experiences that Dolly, and her family endure within an ethnocentric Australia, thus, inspiring audiences to sympathise with the characters.
Intro x 2
Harrison successfully conveys the interrelationship between the themes of social ostracization, discrimination, and the significance of cultural values; to elucidate the importance of Aboriginal identity.
Intro x 3
Harrison's portrayal of the individual experience of social ostracization faced by the three generations of Indigenous women empowers their identity as it's simultaneously a shared experience.
Social Ostracisation Thesis
setting + accumulated truncated sentences - "1950's. A humpy on the riverbank. Clean and homely"
Social x 1
Colloquial language + irony - "My birth certificate says, 'Murray River'. Born there, and by crikey, I'm gunna go back and die there"
Social x 2
Contrast - "Their kids will be funny in the head".
Social x 3
Symbolism + radio voice over - "on Australian soil, on this spot, which is the birthplace of the nation"
Social x 4
rhetorical question + patronising tone, "it must be quite unpleasant here in the summer?"
Social x 5
stage directions - "for the first time, he turns his full attention to the women"
Social x 6
Accumulated truncated sentences + foreshadowing - "that man, he's writing a report. About the way we live. For the Government of Victoria,"Social x 7Thus, Harrison highlights how segregation facilitates a deeper understanding of one's surroundings.Social LinkingHarrison further encapsulates the delineation of discrimination faced by Aboriginal communities, challenging the traditional Australian ideologies.Discrimination Thesisdream sequence and irony + contradiction - "Gladys is curtsying, presenting a bouquet of flowers to the QUEEN"Discrimination x 1Metaphor - "Gladys is holding a bunch of weeds and can't understand why she's holding them"Discrimination x 2Allusion -"Oh my feet! Remind me never to borrow Auntie's shoes again"Discrimination x 3motif + symbolic - encyclopaediaDiscrimination x 4Juxtaposition + allusion - "I don't think so."Discrimination x 5Positive tone- "She's a fine asset. Her school report - all As and Bs"Discrimination x 6sarcastic tone - "Well, it's all very impressive... What I'm wondering is how she'd fit in"Discrimination x 7Therefore, Harrison reveals how discrimination facilitates an individual and collective transformation, uniting Dolly's family together.Discrimination LinkingFinally, Harrison highlights how family is significant to Aboriginal cultural values, acting as a catalyst that ignites collective and individual growth.cultural values thesiscynical tone - "they're not going to give her that job." "why should her address stop her in life?"values x 1rhetorical q - "why should her address stop her in life?"value x 2anecdote + high modality lang + accumulated truncated sentences - "they forced us to leave. Forced us to leave Cummeragunja. Our home"values x 3repetition - "they might be drinkers, but they're still our people"values x 4allusion - "as if we chose to live on a flood plain"values x 5Consequently, Harrison highlights the connections between collective and individual growth.values linking sentenceConclusively, Harrison illustrates the Aboriginal perceptions within "Rainbow's End", and thus, how human experiences are distinct, mirroring the individual and collective events that occur within one's life, impacting their identity.conclusion