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Stewart
Character Analysis- Stewart
Costume
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Victorian dress is constricting and impractical, which helps to develop the theme of entrapment.
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This also shows Stewart's unwillingness to change/adapt-he is not interested in learning about the country; he is more interested in transforming the landscape into an English ideal.
Setting
Relationships
- Unlike Baines, Stewart cannot speak Maori and doesn't attempt to understand their customs and traditions- he regularly asks Baines to translate for him.
- Ada- Stewart often attempts intimacy with Ada but this is unsuccessful because of his emotional and sexual illiteracy. For instance when Ada is touching Stewart he says "I want to touch you."- he is unsatisfied because he feels as if he always has to be in control of things and must be in a position of dominance, he cannot cope bcause he does not know how to express his emotions and react to this intimacy
- he trades the piano (i.e. Ada) for land and this shows his ignorance and insensitivity.
- When Stewart chops off Ada's finger, it is not an emotional act of jealousy or rage, but rather a moral act of punishment. -"Speak or not you will answer for this!"
Comments (1)
Anonymous said
at 7:39 pm on Apr 17, 2008
Good work Lucinda!
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