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re possibility of uld be successf and Achilles an rtunity to break
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f his mother tast elf’ He is searc until that perso earth, and the o need, [and] ob himself, as a pe collapse and ‘m ave me life’ (Pri e’ self In no cle
er’, can only co oes to where H Here, Achilles company of me lace we pass thr here that lies ab ath that is in him
ed this way then that which we concepts and wh ement of what t eir lives’, it is w
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on in your arms ity, Priam beco ans, cry out for t sure Achilles w
nto one’s self, P ting the sharp s ching for her bu
on too has left a one ‘that holds bligation’ that w erfect order of h might already b iam) of the true earer words doe
ome when heart, Hector is being e
s is taken from h
e, when he steps rough precisely bove simply bein
m from the very
n that in the han have ‘from our hat they imply, they were’ This what they bring
e clear and fresh ply being a man mes from enmity his pilgrimage d
s and placing h illes and Priam, and labelled hi
me.’ Why is h
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es that explains hich they, as m ne’s true self
onfrontation wit nence’ In other ged’ he is hollo cking of Troy, P med to have bee ostensibly clear rescue, the ‘mo Priam comes to force events into mething new, of ause he had som
en, the freedom obligation of be
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s, there must be omes the father the ‘father’ tha ould be moved
Priam and in fac salt’ of his reali
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s ‘meeting’, wh back that deter
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he successful?
hich is why he not only Priam
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t Priam was su
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m, he too finds h asion, when he omes the enactm
ne he has come light that this is
n; love, nature
r leaving the em eing the hero, li
re of the women oughts’ but the t puts on the ligh
at he too will on that he will die that is what it m his text, the succ hich only occurr rmines their suc riam went as a omax, after the d perfect amity’ b
y road to Greece chest, indicate ) say just live, fo
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is so successful m’s success in re
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re it is revealed expresses that here that Malo covered in excre himself, ‘that lif
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in the end, looki
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or the man who self, Priam’s gu man is a treasure
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ay
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coat was flecke
er had saved hi wards the peg w
t I attempted to nce This time it not like him an carrion bird ass
an lead to differ ironment it lost, ship with his wif
s something’ wa
to accept Alber suicide is symb environment
nd of both the c
t enables a grou ustoms and trad ose and strengt cultural practi istorical traditi portrayal of the
ng chants, to br
effect on emotio hological land,
nd white settler clad house toget mpfire out in the sing their ideal
is symbolic of th
re have been a h from an Aborigi musicians, wri Carmody’s musi
th acknowledge land are key Ke
rt of these stole future Australi cknowledge the damental to our The impact la
al, it is essentia
ch it relates to
hes My footprin sinews groanin open, slamming
ed with grey and
im from The wi where Scotts dus
o emulate The s
t did not cease
nd neither it see sessing a carca
rences between , so is an emotio
fe slowly severs
as increasingly rt’s distinct cor bolic of his ‘whi
collective and in
up to feel comfo ditions Moreov
th to develop ac ice through flow ions that Aborig Aboriginal und ring the dreami
ons and spiritua one’s creation
r ideals are at o ther with its lac
e elements all ni
ls on it Also, af
he white settler
hose of films lik inal perspective ters and film m
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ian landscape w
e differences
r sense of conten ndscapes have
l that humans f
o the Context
nts veered behi
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g it against the
d my mind imm ind rose in inten sty headstall hu shrieking pitch
A squat man en emed, did Scott.
ass
homes, due to onal one,
s, as her refused as Jim rrelation to the ite fella’
ndividual fort in their ver, carrying cross between wing the ginal derstanding of ing to bear of
al
n of a place odds with the
ce opening to ight Thus fter Emily goes who is alone
ke ‘Rabbit
e Rachel makers act as a
of polyphonic
nd herald in a orry Speech’ as
We are sorry’ where one’s
ntment and
on knowledge find the
ind me, uneven ntended path horizontal
ediatly flashed nsity, until the ung His
of the wind ntered, eyes His ears were
s
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possibility
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into numb
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streamed d
jerking ba
disbelief c
heartbreak
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Reality is u
portraiture
newly gath
Indeed this
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subjectivity
world and
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is the chan
experience
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to be’ How
façade of w
held by tho
ended quit
Stanley an
perspectiv
Memories
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experience
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down my face, b
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drops of blood.
from the outside
ified squawks m
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y shock The ch
pression The sa
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s is an upper-r
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ultimately subje
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ty As a result w
d their place in i
ls, our beliefs, e
nging intersecti
es and as a resu
Tennessee Wil
wever this persp
which Blanche
ose in New Orle
te differently T
nd Blanche unde
ve of the world
are unreliable;
of great success
e memories to s
es that we gathe
s a reflection of
previous momen
ack with the kno
etween my fathe
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s I realised wha
al seeped throug iving against th
My brother caug biting into stain white and rollin
gh my mind, as m
as he followed gravel as it spe
m all This was n’t listen I threw And there they w Anger clouded
e wood pile I to mingled with the
e His blind obe icken gurgled, ame loss, tiredn own my hands
eod’s style
riting that resp
s and demonst range respons
eality?
not mean that
ective in nature bjective endeav ces, to retell his ture of reality le argued that an
we will never es
it
experiences and ion of the world ult each of us w lliams’ A Streetc spective did not lived by Blanc eans However, The example of B erlies the signif
; many fade ove
s or moments of shape the perso
er over time ine
f our perception nts in life For S owledge that sh
er and the men, stened the halte uck was visible t
at was happenin
gh my body like
he gale that soug ght me mid leap ned skin I could
ng as his hind le
my father took S
my father up th
ed around the b not a house, it
w off my brothe were Fat and s
d my mind, cour ook the first sw
e swirling, bloo ediance My bla blood leaking f ness, surrender.
The wind died
ponds creative trates high-lev
se
t people see th
e As Robert Dr vour but I have
s past with the p eads itself into ‘objective view tablish one ‘tru
d values all help
d and our intera will continue to h car Named Des fit with the har che was punishe , had her versio Blanche serves ficance of mora
er time but it is
f great persona
on that we beco evitably alter th
n The novel Sp Stephen, as a ch
e was not imme
, I wondered br
er with tremblin through the slan
ng Bile rose in
e poison
ght to trip me, m
p, clasping his
d no nothing, no egs searched fo Scott from him,
he ramp The do bend
was a shell I w ers now limp gr shining and gloa rsed through m ing, chopping w
od spattered fea ade rested on th from its oozing g Worry etched down to an exp
ely to the prom vel conceptual
hings the sam
ewe states in th tried to tell a tr perspective initi the possibility o w’ on reality wi uth’ as people w
p shape the ske action with it N hold a different sire lived a life rsh and often br
ed for breaking
on of reality bee highlight the ex als, values, expe
often memories
al loss It is the s ome Yet while m
he original persp ies highlights th hild the belief th ediately change
riefly what his p
ng hands, as the nting snow, its
my throat, bold
mouth gaped op arm around my othing as the sq
or sure footing i his quivering b oor resounded s
wanted to yell at rasp, dragging m ating Crimson
my veins, strengt wildly at our liv thers, mutilated
he last hens neck gash, its ultima into papery line pectant silence.
mpt, with its p lising
me way.’
he novel The Sh ruthful story.’ F ially associated
of multiple real
ll continue to ev will continue to
ewed lens throug
No two people c
t perspective of
at Belle Reve th rutal nature of l herself free fro
en accepted by xistence of mul eriences and be
s of joy and pai significance tha memories shape spective that is o
he role in which hat Keith’s moth
es Stephen’s per
purpose was M
e squat man too worn grate dow
d pumping in my
pening an inaud
y mouth, stifling quat man tugge
in the slushy gr body calming u shut with a horr
t them Hurt the myself over to t combs danglin thened my limb velihood, my mo
d corpses drain
k as the door sw ate sacrifice I l
es Blood staine
powerful final
ark Net, ‘memo For Robert look
d with it would h lities which can vade us as we r hold their own
gh which we se
an live the sam
f the world and hat shaped her life in New Orle
om the common somebody such tiple realities T eliefs in shaping
in that stick wit
at these momen
e us, we too sha originally assoc
h our everchang her was a germ rspective At the
My mind searche
ok the leadrope,
wn, leading to a
y ears, nails dig
dible protest, sc
g my cries as bi
ed on the leadro round I was imm nder his hand, rific finnality an
em Make them the chicken shed
ng against their
s as I grasped t others fattened p ning onto the mu wung open, my ooked down int
ed my clothing,
sentence
ory may falter, a king back upon have been nigh
n do exist at one remain trapped unique perspec
ee the world Ou
me life nor share our place in it
view of the way eans Stanley de
ly accepted vie
h as Mitch her s The clash of rea
g and moulding
th us over our lif nts played in ou ape our memori ciated with a m ging perspectiv man spy was ver
e time the boy’s
ed for a , wrenching
a dark, gloomy gging painfully
creaming itter tears ope Scotts lead mobilised, his eyes
nd the truck
bring Scott
d against its black glossy the axe I had pride
usty straw I parents faces
to the hens clogged my
and
a past life with
h on impossible.
e time The
d in our own ctive of the
ur world view
e the same Blanche
y things ‘ought destroyed the
w of reality story may have alities between
g our
ifetime
r lives that ies The emory
ve shapes and
ry real and yet
s ‘mission’ was
y
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s