Compare how the idea of family responsibility is represented in these two texts.
In the Australian television series Redfern Now Episode 1: ‘Family’ and Australian writer Melissa Lucashenko’s short-story ‘Tonsils’ both texts demonstrate the concept of family responsibilities though the use of characters, setting and dialogue. Similarly, both texts illustrate the requirement of economical responsibility needed in a middle-class family. Significantly, both ‘Family’ and ‘Tonsils’ highlight the authority family has when caring for members whom deal with mental health. Lastly, both texts discuss the obligation a troubled single-mother has over her children’s mental state.
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In ‘Family’ we establish the difficulties that surround Lilly, a mother struggling to support her children without her partner’s help financially, conveyed though the dialogue ‘he hasn’t paid a cent’. Her emotions were represented through the mise en scene set at her house in this scene portraying an angered and frustrated atmosphere through the broken furniture and ripped ‘child support’ documents, that she clearly feels are unserviceable for her money’s security. Highlighting the impact that Lilly’s partner Jake had over neglected his responsibilities of a father for his own selfish needs. Whilst in ‘Tonsils’ we encounter Hayley’s mother, Liza, whom has disowned her daughter due to her having tonsillitis, which involves many expensive medical requirements that she does not want to pay for. Liza is suggested to be a greedy and an irresponsible mother, when it comes to caring for her daughter, whom doesn’t feel empathy for her sick daughter. Established thought the phrase ‘well sharped nails are painted with that overdecorated artistic shit’ illustrating that she has money to get her nails done but still doesn’t feel the need to help recover her sickening daughter. Lucashenko …show more content…
In ‘Family’ the director indirectly characterises Grace as a personality whom symbolises family ethics as she exemplifies through the dialogue ‘I’m just here to help’ and her actions by leaving her own family to care for her sister, when she was at her lowest, and her children. She illustrates that sometimes when a family member is in need you would have to make sacrifices to assist your own blood and be selfless. The directors have used Grace’s husband as a foil to highlight the authority she obtains when it comes to her mentally unstable sister and her children, Tyler and Maddie. It is suggested that her husband doesn’t feel responsible for Lilly’s children when she is currently having a mental break down. Grace’s husband could also feel the need to distant himself from Lilly and her children due to Grace having a past, sexual relationship with their father. Grace’s character could connect to the Australian viewers whom feel that they have similar family values. Whilst in ‘Tonsils’ the author likewise uses the theme of mental health to explore a contrasting conflict between Hayley, a teenager whose grown up in a hostile environment, and Liza, an alcoholic mother struggling with her economic sustainability. Through the phrase ‘one look at the inside of her arm tells you that’ suggests that Hayley can paternally be struggling with depression and
In the Australian television series Redfern Now Episode 1: ‘Family’ and Australian writer Melissa Lucashenko’s short-story ‘Tonsils’ both texts demonstrate the concept of family responsibilities though the use of characters, setting and dialogue. Similarly, both texts illustrate the requirement of economical responsibility needed in a middle-class family. Significantly, both ‘Family’ and ‘Tonsils’ highlight the authority family has when caring for members whom deal with mental health. Lastly, both texts discuss the obligation a troubled single-mother has over her children’s mental state.
The idea of families needing to be economically responsible in a middle- …show more content…
In ‘Family’ we establish the difficulties that surround Lilly, a mother struggling to support her children without her partner’s help financially, conveyed though the dialogue ‘he hasn’t paid a cent’. Her emotions were represented through the mise en scene set at her house in this scene portraying an angered and frustrated atmosphere through the broken furniture and ripped ‘child support’ documents, that she clearly feels are unserviceable for her money’s security. Highlighting the impact that Lilly’s partner Jake had over neglected his responsibilities of a father for his own selfish needs. Whilst in ‘Tonsils’ we encounter Hayley’s mother, Liza, whom has disowned her daughter due to her having tonsillitis, which involves many expensive medical requirements that she does not want to pay for. Liza is suggested to be a greedy and an irresponsible mother, when it comes to caring for her daughter, whom doesn’t feel empathy for her sick daughter. Established thought the phrase ‘well sharped nails are painted with that overdecorated artistic shit’ illustrating that she has money to get her nails done but still doesn’t feel the need to help recover her sickening daughter. Lucashenko …show more content…
In ‘Family’ the director indirectly characterises Grace as a personality whom symbolises family ethics as she exemplifies through the dialogue ‘I’m just here to help’ and her actions by leaving her own family to care for her sister, when she was at her lowest, and her children. She illustrates that sometimes when a family member is in need you would have to make sacrifices to assist your own blood and be selfless. The directors have used Grace’s husband as a foil to highlight the authority she obtains when it comes to her mentally unstable sister and her children, Tyler and Maddie. It is suggested that her husband doesn’t feel responsible for Lilly’s children when she is currently having a mental break down. Grace’s husband could also feel the need to distant himself from Lilly and her children due to Grace having a past, sexual relationship with their father. Grace’s character could connect to the Australian viewers whom feel that they have similar family values. Whilst in ‘Tonsils’ the author likewise uses the theme of mental health to explore a contrasting conflict between Hayley, a teenager whose grown up in a hostile environment, and Liza, an alcoholic mother struggling with her economic sustainability. Through the phrase ‘one look at the inside of her arm tells you that’ suggests that Hayley can paternally be struggling with depression and