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Judith Wright

nature that she weakened to. Yet as history has itthe modernisations that exist to date have not satisfied Adam where the simplicity of Eden still iswhat Adam desires most.Yet Adam does not accept this he now believes that he understands all so therefore he must beGod, however Eve puts forward that if Adam equals God and God doesn’t exist then neither doesAdam. Although this is all logical the male pride denies any acceptance of this theory. From Evesperspective where she is telling the daughters of the world i.e all women of the world she isquestioning and also stating that it is time for women to stand up and take over, as our future if itfollows pattern looks bleak.From the last few stanzas of the poem it could now be seen as the ideas from Wright’s ownpersonal view on the matter rather than Eve. ‘perhaps nothing exists but our faults? at least theycan be demonstrated’ this theory is in itself a jugdement of the poem which can be seen asajugdement of man kind. The complex idea that Wright presents is not first indicated from thesimple style and structure of the poem, however once it is understood that there is a strongconcept and message within the reader sees the notion that Wright is putting forward ‘ all that isperfect is unproven therefore possibly never existed i.e Garden of Eden.On the whole of Wright’s poetry There is a clear presence of her love for the Australianlandscape in which the continuous reference to particular Australian plants only show moreclearly how her strong interest for this country is what she enjoys expressing and the favouredview of females rather than that of a man. Not that there is more criticism placed on man thanwomen, there is simply a strong and realistic truth about what Wright shows as the role of bothman and women and then the consequences that result from both their characters. Whilst thepoems in particular reference ‘The Remittance Man’ and &#...

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