... economic access to the major world market, regional security and intelligence sharing. These benefits were not offered in the restrictive British alliance of yesteryear. Early last century, Australia was colonially linked to Britain and a series of events slowly eroded the strength of this empire/dominion relationship. Having lost faith in the British to a certain extent, Australian society looked to America for a fresh ... troops killed abroad. The overwhelming public opinion at the time still supported the British alliance, but the seeds of doubt had been sown (Evans, 1991:18). Leading...

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• Grade Level: High School

... generation and time frame. People from this era would be able to relate to the events better than people from younger generations would. Australians views and values differed on the subject of Vietnam War. Opinion was divided about whether or not we should be there. While the characters do not debate this political involvement Roy and Carol have very different reactions about the loss ... see Tom has a weak human being who is dieing rather than a second rate immigrant. Other references in the play to migrants include when Roy doesn't think it important to know how to pronounce the name ...

• Word Count: 1746
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School