The contrast between living conditions and legal rights between white and black Australians is also relevant to the construction and dramatic success of the play, as it sets up an appalling social hierarchy purely determined by race, culture and skin colour. These contrasts build an awareness of the treatment of Aboriginals in the 1930's and makes Australians evaluate the reasons for racial problems today. ... As language is seen as being a symbol of identity and culture this intertwining of the two languages shows that aboriginals are split between two cultures. ... The contrast betw...

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By Phillip Gwynne and the poem "Redfern at Night" Stephen Clayton both explore the idea of discrimination which exists between the indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. ... Both texts show how the lack of understanding between two cultures creates a basic distrust between blacks and whites and often leads to a tragic outcome. ... For example, the novel is set in recent times on a peninsula in South Australia. ... This shows how stereotypes held by the whites creates fear and a lack of understanding between the two cultures. ... Blacky, at the end of the novel suggests that there is a nee...

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