Bruce Dawe’s 20th Century texts Televistas and Enter Without So Much as Knocking concern themselves with thought-provoking themes that continue to be relevant in the present time. The philosophical themes presented in Dawe’s works are significantly imperative within human experience. These themes include the brevity of happiness, the certainty in specific life patterns and the influence of the media. The use of various language techniques in both of Dawe’s works result in the emphasis of the thought-provoking themes that are effectively utilised to highlight the relevancy of the thought-provoking concepts and its significance in the present time.
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Dawe uses this description of the World War to represent the ending of a marriage or relationship. In Televistas, the concepts of love and marriage are meticulously explored to convey the intense happiness felt by beings in these circumstances. The brevity of happiness, which is the main concept in this text, is shown through the ending of a marriage wherein the relationship between the two unnamed characters in the poem are indicated to be eventually destroyed, leaving them to be separated. While the conditions of war may seem to be inappropriate to be used as a description of a divorce, the concepts of destruction and separation occurring in wars generally hold the same effects towards the ending of a marriage. This is because the previous joy that they feel during their wedding would soon be replaced with sadness and regret. Within Dawe’s other poem Enter Without So Much as Knocking, the brevity of happiness is illustrated through the mind of a child. “what he enjoyed most of all was (…) a pure unadulterated fringe of sky, littered with stars (…) Anyway, pretty
The brevity of happiness is a thought-provoking idea that is thoroughly explored in Dawe’s literary …show more content…
Dawe uses this description of the World War to represent the ending of a marriage or relationship. In Televistas, the concepts of love and marriage are meticulously explored to convey the intense happiness felt by beings in these circumstances. The brevity of happiness, which is the main concept in this text, is shown through the ending of a marriage wherein the relationship between the two unnamed characters in the poem are indicated to be eventually destroyed, leaving them to be separated. While the conditions of war may seem to be inappropriate to be used as a description of a divorce, the concepts of destruction and separation occurring in wars generally hold the same effects towards the ending of a marriage. This is because the previous joy that they feel during their wedding would soon be replaced with sadness and regret. Within Dawe’s other poem Enter Without So Much as Knocking, the brevity of happiness is illustrated through the mind of a child. “what he enjoyed most of all was (…) a pure unadulterated fringe of sky, littered with stars (…) Anyway, pretty