An Analysis Of Eve To Her Daughters By Judith Wright

Judith Wright was an environmentalist. Many of her poems speak of the natural beauty of Australia and condemn the European imperialism of natural Australian lands. In many ways, Wright was very critical of white Australia’s apathy towards the environment and the treatment of the Aboriginal people. Through a Marxist lens, Wright also criticises the separation of the social classes in Australia. She conveys this through her poem ‘Eve to Her Daughters’ published in 1966 as a part of The Other Half: Poems. Wright uses the biblical characters of Adam from the Garden of Eden to represent European imperialism. Wright uses the biblical characters of Adam and Eve to represent European colonisers extending their European ideals through invasion.†¦show more content†¦Wright states that the society of her time that is reflected in the poem values European industrialism and desires to change other lands to fits these. Eve to Her Daughters also explores and criticises society’s obsession with material possessions. Australian society absorbed many European ideals and social theories, like capitalism, as a part of colonisation. Wright explores man’s greed by utilising the structure of her poem to show the enormity of the desires of man to change his environment. It is alluded to in the poem that Adam and Eve are part of the lower working class. Eve mentions that the family is ’hungry so often’ and that Adam had to work to support the family. Therefore, when Wright lists modem technology in the fourth stanza the free verse style that Wright utilises exaggerates Adam’s greed. Adams wishes for luxuries in his new paradise symbolise his desire to rise to the bourgeoisie. Wright criticises society’s obsession with climbing the societal ranks. Wright also mentions Adam’s desire to understand machines; enjambment is used when Wright claims that Adam thought à ¢â‚¬Ëœthat mechanism was the whole secret’. In a Marxist context, the secret Wright is alluding to is the separation of the classes in a western capitalist society. The machine that Eve says Adam is analysing is the separation of classes and the unjust distribution of wealth. When Adam exclaims that he knows how the machine worked, he is stating that heShow MoreRelatedMarketing Mistakes and Successes175322 Words   |  702 Pagesfollowing classification of cases by subject matter to be helpful. I thank those of you who made this and other suggestions. Classification of Cases by Major Marketing Topics Topics Most Relevant Cases Marketing Research and Consumer Analysis Coca-Cola, Disney, McDonald’s, Google, Starbucks Product Starbucks, Nike, Coke/Pepsi, McDonald’s, Maytag, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Newell Rubbermaid, DaimlerChrysler, Kmart/Sears, Harley-Davidson, Boeing/Airbus, Merck, Boston Beer, Firestone/FordRead MoreOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 Pageslamentable. Taken together, the key themes and processes that have been selected as the focus for each of the eight essays provide a way to conceptualize the twentieth century as a coherent unit for teaching, as well as for written narrative and analysis. Though they do not exhaust the crucial strands of historical development that tie the century together—one could add, for example, nationalism and decolonization—they cover in depth the defining phenomena of that epoch, which, as the essays demonstrate