When a Polish-Jewish immigrant slashed his throat because his workmates could not understand him and tormented him and himself being a victim of racial hatred, Melbourne-born Richard Beynon expressed his feelings, drawn from these experiences, in his prize-winning play- The Shifting Heart. An Italian family, the Bianchis, consisting of Maria, her Momma and Poppa and younger brother- Gino, tries to adapt in Collingwood, Australia, during the 1950s. They live with Maria's Australian husband, Clarry Fowler who too undergoes racial prejudice until Gino dies because of it. The main theme is clear and simple. Beynon wants the reader to realize that xenophobia (the fear of strangers and foreigners) exists and the various family relationships as stated by Leslie Rees in The Making of Australian Drama: .
The Shifting Heart relies not on the shocking fact of race-hatred for its major interest, but on its virtually human domestic problem- how to maintain cohesion and solidarity in a family plagued by tensions, whether outside or inside. .
Whether the hatred bubbled because of the war that killed many ANZACs or because there was an influx of immigrants, racial hatred and xenophobia are expressed subtly and blatantly. Subtle are Leila's (friendly neighbour on the right), Mr Wilson (shop owner) and Clarry's jokes, but such acts differentiate the Bianchis from the society, just like the names "Momma Macaroni" and "Poppa Spaghetti" do e.g. when Clarry joked to Poppa: .
If they"re all like you, Pop, no wonder the Roman Empire packed up. .
As the play progresses, there is evidence of more hostile attacks like Donny, Leila's husband, calling Poppa a "rotten dago" and from anonymous members of the society which indicates that injustice is generally amongst everyone. The neighbours on the right who never reveal themselves, throw garbage over the fence, children pelt pebbles at the house and Clarry's mother's refusal to meet them.
The Shifting Heart" This play "The Shifting Heart" was set in 1950s, in a community where many people did not accept any migrants. The main, theme of this play shows Bianchi family moved to Australia from Italy and how the issues raised regarding to lifestyles in Australia. The racial discriminat...
The Shifting Heart is the Australian drama I have studied this term. ... The main themes of The Shifting Heart are xenophobia and racial hatred. ... My chosen character from The Shifting Heart is Clarry. ... After much conflict with himself and other characters, Clarry faces up to his prejudices and has a change in heart by naming his new-born child: Gino, the name of his dead Italian brother-in-law. ... I have applied these elements of acting to The Shifting Heart in the character role of Clarry. ...
With heart disease so prevalent, especially in the United States, much of researchers focus has shifted to combat this new malady. ... However the history of artificial heart research spans farther back than this. ... Beyond that, some doctors used artificial hearts as temporary solutions for pending heart transplant patients (Nunn). ... Abiomed has designed this device to service the needs of patients suffering from coronary heart disease or congestive heart failure. The Abiocor Artificial Heart shows the possibilities when different sciences come together. ...
The "A" that Hester Prynne bears in The Scarlet Letter shifts in meaning at least two times to mirror the character changes of Hester throughout the progression of the novel and the town's acceptance of her. ... Already the letter has shifted in its meaning of plain adultery; it symbolizes the hidden shame of the community. ... Hester's change in character is noticed in the community and once more the scarlet letter's meaning shifts, this instance not to prolong as a blazing and blistering impediment of coals upon her heart, but as reference to "Angel." ... Hester's scarl...
ABP is dependent on the cardiac output of the heart (CO) and peripheral resistance (PR). ... A number of mechanisms have evolved to regulate ABP over short, medium and long term time periods: The baroreceptor reflex, which works on a second to second basis Capillary fluid shift mechanism that works over minutes and hours Renin-Angiotensin mechanism, a complicated hormonal regulation of ABP working over hours and days. ... Heart rate is also increased, as well as the power of contraction of the heart (stroke volume); these two factors increase cardiac output. ... Some people who ...
In, Joseph Conrad's novella Heart of Darkness, many symbols suddenly creep their way into the pages, fog being one of them. ... Heart of Darkness contains many symbols throughout it that have much more meaning that they appear to have. ... It did not shift or drive; it was just there, standing all around you like something solid." ... The Thames and Congo River are a big symbol in Heart of Darkness. ... The most important symbol in the novel Heart of Darkness is darkness itself. ...
The Heart of Darkness. In Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness, the evil qualities of a man are introduced and discerned as direct effects of imperialism. The character of Marlow in the Heart of Darkness advances the theme of the hypocrisy of imperialism in the scene when Marlow arrives to the Company's outer station at the mouth of the Congo river. ... The change and shift of Marlow's perspective show the contrast between his first view that justified imperialism, and final that discovers the ultimate evil truth about imperialism. ...
John Chua, from the reference book Short Stories for Students, explains how in many of Poe's stories, including The Tell-Tale Heart, he uses the concept of a nemesis appearing as a doppelganger, which basically is a double (233). ... However, when there is a shift, the dark side surfaces. ... Poe associates the beating of the heart with the ticking of a clock; he says the old man listens, just as he has done with the death watches; and he emphasizing on how time slows down and almost stops as he sticks his head into the old man's room. May claims the meaning of time for the narrat...
(Papanek 22) While studying sleeping infants, Aserinsky noticed that jerky motions of the eyes under closed lids frequently accompanied periodic body shifts. ... Instead of shifting to lower and lower states of activity during sleep, as one might expect, the infants" eyes eventually began twitching rapidly from side to side. ... But then, instead of ascending from stage 2 into stage 1, the brain shifts into a different phase. ... REM sleep usually comes after a sudden body shift in bed. ...
