Henry Lawson was born in New South Wales, in 1867. His father was a Norwegian sailor, named Niels Larsen, but he later changed his name to Peter Lawson. Henry Lawson grew up in poor surroundings, and had several problems. He suffered of deafness, and was in prison several times because he didn't pay his child support for his two children and he also had problems with alcoholism. He has been described as one of the greatest writers in Australian history. He also had a great believe in a new workingman "revolution" in Australia.
This story takes place in the Australian bush, nineteen miles away from the nearest civilization. The landscape is also very monotonous. It is most likely sometime around the beginning of the 1900's.
This short story is about a woman who is alone with her four kids when they encounter a snake. Among the four children there are two boys, where the oldest one is eleven, and two girls. They also have a dog with the name Alligator. She is a drover's wife, as the title says, and her husband is away. When they encounter the snake the dog tries to kill it but misses it as it sneaks under the house. The night and a thunderstorm is coming, and she has to take the kids in to sleep. She puts them to sleep upon a dish, while she and the dog guard the snake. As time goes by she starts thinking about all the problems she has handled, and tells us about her husband who she has not seen for six months, and starts getting worried for. All that she "tells" us gives us a impression about how this woman is. Her oldest boy is also very keen on killing the snake. When the snake finally emerges, she kills it with the help of the dog, something symbolic for her survival against the odds, though it all seems very hopeless.
The main character in this text is of course the woman. We get a very good impression of her after reading all that she has been through, and fought against. After all she seems like a heroine.
Kathleen Drover coming back to her old bombed house in London to pick up a few things left behind. ... Drover. ... Drover and to the possibility that there might be something supernatural after her. ... Drover's ex fiancé can lead to conclusion that he can be part of Mrs. Drover's possible mental instability or that he might be a supernatural being. ...
Drover has made a pact with the devil {claim statement}. ... Drover) is engaged to a man who is about to leave for war {background}. ... Drover has made a pact with the devil {warrant}. ... Drover as she walks into the old house. ... Drover is daydreaming{opponents strongest}. ...
The woman, the drover's wife, has no name. ... Henry Lawson intelligently compares the children and the drover's wife to the environment. ... The bush is described as harsh, bare and monotonous, accurately describing the life of the drover's wife. ... Even though "Drover's Wife- is set in one setting, Lawson uses techniques like anecdotes to capture audience's attentions. ... The story is written mostly in the present tense, which create immediacy tension while the drover's wife wait for the snake. ...
There are many differences between the character's we see in texts such as "The one day of the year", "The drovers wife", and "Nice coloured girls. ... In "The drovers wife" we also see and Australian family who deal with living in the outback. ... "The drovers wife" written by Henry Lawson shows an Australian family who live in the isolation of the outback. The wife of the drover spends most of her time looking after the children and doing household chores. ... The wife is a very strong, independent and tough woman. ...
The narrating voice for The Demon Lover is of the third person outside the fictional world. However, the point of view is inside the fictional world as the narrator is telling the reader about the thoughts in Mrs. Drovers mind. This is demonstrated in the line (3rd paragraph, p347) "She thought fi...
The "Drover's wife" indicates just how hard Aussies, both men and women, have worked. Whilst the Drover's wife is looking after the 'four ragged, dried up looking children', she reminisces the time 'She fought a flood during her husband's absence', this shows the heavy-duty work in which women acted on, as many took on the job of both man and woman. Whilst the Drover was out in the 'bush with no horizon', droving for months on end. ...
The "Drover's wife" indicates just how hard Aussies, both men and women, have worked. Whilst the Drover's wife is looking after the "four ragged, dried up looking children," she reminisces the time "She fought a flood during her husband's absence." ... The Drover was out in the "bush with no horizon," droving for months on end. ...
One of the more controversial approaches to literary analysis is the formalist approach. The formalist approach to literary analysis emphasizes the objective and literal interpretation of the tone, theme, and style of a literary text. The formalist literary analysis is often referred to as a scientific approach to literature because of the unembellished and literal analysis method that is applied to the written text. ... The rhythm and flow of a text is critical in the formalist approach to literary analysis for the purpose of sustaining consistent even reading material. ... The formalis...
Tobias" wife Emma, Zech's wife Glenda and his lover Twanda, and the woman named Bonnie that Sol was in love with, all had one thing in common and that is that they all were in love with one of the MacIvey men. ... For example, when Tobias first decided to go on cattle drives Emma suggested that he find more men, drovers, to help him with the herd of cows. He told her that he did not have money to pay the drovers and she suggested that he pay them at the end of the drive. ... She encouraged Zech to stay with his wife by telling him to never tell Glenda about her and their son Toby. ...
