Smasher

Decent Essays
Improved Essays
Superior Essays
Great Essays
Brilliant Essays
    Page 1 of 4 - About 39 Essays
  • Improved Essays

    manipulated role and relationship through the use of movement and voice. It was clearly perceived on stage that Smasher Sullivan 's status was always higher than everyone else’s. This was revealed through the way Sal (played by Georgia Adamson) didn’t dare talk over smasher, his voice loud and firm with an obnoxious tone. As well, his status was expressed through the use of levels. On set Smasher was always above everyone, looking down on them combining with strong positioning on stage demonstrating his powerful authority and influence over others. The posture of Smasher was very open with his shoulders drawn back and his head slightly tilted upwards which showed his confidence, establishing his attitude in the play. Additionally, as his purpose was to push the whites to get rid of the indigenous people, Smashers’ attitude towards other characters was rude and arrogant, displayed via the actor’s use of snarly facial expressions as well as his use of sarcasm and an undertone of seriousness. Smasher could also be viewed as slightly crazy through gestures such as, shaking his hands by his head while chanting. As a result of this he only had one very minimal friendship which was with William Thornhill. This relationship was guarded as William could sense the evil within Smasher and knew he would aggravate situation. This was shown through the way William was standoffish towards Smasher…

    • 1027 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Smasher Research Paper

    • 313 Words
    • 2 Pages

    The smashers are all members of Gonodactylidac and others species which generally their prey on armored animal such as crabs, snails, bivalves and even their species. Size is not an issue to the smasher for example, Gonodactylids stun and crush hard-shield crabs equal to or larger than themselves (Caldwell, 1975). Capabilities of the smashers are also known to kill another member of their species with a single blow. The smasher actually are opposite of the spearers because the smasher species…

    • 313 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    them not being able to meet up with the wild rubber rate. Leopold was also known as “Rock smasher,” in the Congo and Belgium history. Peter Bate carefully and strategically uses rhetorical choices, definition, and figurative languages to share his opinion on the topic. This documentary details the charges against King Leopold and reveals the cover up of monumental proportions. The topic of discussion is the charges against King Leopold II and how Belgium covered his horror. I would say the…

    • 315 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    and civilisation. Grenville depicts civilisation through Blackwood’s character. His lifestyle, family and land differ from the rest of the settlers enhancing the curiosity of the reader about Blackwood. On the other hand, savagery is pronounced by Smasher Sullivan, Blackwood’s opposing character. Smasher’s treatment towards the Aboriginal people disgusts the reader. The convicts referred to the Aboriginals as savages, however, Grenville’s use of metaphors and imagery contradicts the belief of…

    • 816 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Tetraquark Research Paper

    • 596 Words
    • 3 Pages

    The examination, called LHCb trial, is one of seven molecule material science indicator tests in the particle smasher. The LHC united several researchers from around the globe to cooperatively think about information from the atom smasher with an end goal to comprehend what happened after the Big Bang that permitted matter to survive and fabricate the universe. In the LHCb test, researchers sent two proton bars zooming at close light-speed around the roundabout quickening agent. When they…

    • 596 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    According to the messages depicted in these commercials, the meaning of being male or female is associated with the use of masculine or feminine attributes. These commercials depict children’s toys and products in vastly different ways. In toy commercials that are targeted toward females, the images and products shown are in colors of pink and purple. Female toy commercials are also commonly of products that promote Disney movies, dolls, and cosmetic products. For example, the commercial about…

    • 320 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    story of Australia’s British colonisation through one characters narrative. Grenville presents the opposing concepts of cruelty and compassion to criticize how the British social hierarchy functioned; exploring these notions through the lives of the protagonists as well as the Indigenous people of Australia. William Thornhill interacts with the Indigenous only when needed; mainly to stake and protect the claim on ‘his’ land. This is seen as a lack of compassion as his only concern is to…

    • 1076 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    almost equal weight on the Aboriginals and their way of life. She is careful to refute the label of savage that the settlers give to the Aboriginals. Grenville conveys the richness of their culture and their deep attachment to the land. She contrasts the over-consumption of Western civilization with the Aborigines' understanding of the delicate balance of nature. Grenville suggests that the white settlers could have learned much from the Aborigines and, by extension, that the modern world with…

    • 821 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Dharug people. They resist leaving so his neighbour Smasher Sullivan suggests buying his guard dogs. Thornhill does decide on purchase the dogs and on being there discovers a captured and abused Dharug women tied up similar to the dogs he was there to purchase. He ignores and suppresses this sight like many other horrifying barbarisms committed against the natives. Smasher keeps pushing to rid the Natives of the land and eventually Thornhill is persuaded from fear of losing his family and…

    • 1204 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    morning, destroyer of men’s souls.” Before long, the bars in Medicine Lodge were closed (Madison, 73-80). Carrie was not pleased with her efforts. She prayed to God to give her directions as to what and how to get rid of the sales of alcohol. In June 1900, Carrie received her answer. Carrie was awakened by a voice that seemed to be speaking in her heart. “GO TO KIOWA. I’LL STAND BY YOU.” (Madison, 82-83). The voice also said, “Take something in your hands and throw them at those places…

    • 1076 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Previous
    Page 1 2 3 4