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Assessment 3: EssayAssessment type Essay
Word limit/length 2500 words
Weighting 50% of total grade
Overview
The sins of the father are to be laid upon the children.”
(William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice)
-It must be recognised that the experiences of trauma and loss, present since European invasion are a direct outcome of the disruption of cultural wellbeing. Trauma and loss of this magnitude continue to have intergenerational effects”
(National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People’s Mental Health and Social and Emotional Well Being 2004—2009, p .6)
It is now clear that trauma at formative times and adverse childhood experiences can have an impact on health and wellbeing in later life. This assignment provides an opportunity for you to consider the mechanisms by which trauma can impact on subsequent generations and how these impacts can be reduced.
Learning outcomes
• Critique the influences and impacts of transgenerational trauma with a focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse populations.
• Construct helpful interventions, in partnership with consumers, to common mental health conditions within the context of older persons mental health.
Task
With reference to developmental theory and research:
• Discuss how trauma can be communicated intergenerationally;
• Describe the effects of intergenerational trauma across the lifespan generally and with reference to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations;
• Succinctly describe therapeutic approaches to facilitate healing and recovery of individuals and communities

The sins of the father are to be laid upon the children.”
(William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice)

TO BE RE-WRITTEN FROM THE SCRATCH

Directions: Work to paraphrase the poem into its literal meaning, identify the

examples of figurative language and satirical devices, and determine the tone

of the poem and the poem’s theme.

Sonnet 130 (My mistress’ eyes ….)

By William Shakespeare

My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun;

Coral is far more red than her lips’ red;

If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;

If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.

I have seen roses damasked, red and white,

But no such roses see I in her cheeks;

And in some perfumes is there more delight

Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.

I love to hear her speak, yet well I know

That music hath a far more pleasing sound;

I grant I never saw a goddess go;

My mistress when she walks treads on the ground.

And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare

As any she belied with false compare.

What six complaints the speaker has made about his “mistress:”:

What is the figurative language used?

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What are the satirical elements used?

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What is the effect of this comparison?

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What is the tone of the poem up to this point? Explain.

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In Shakespeare’s time, the word reeks didn’t have the negative connotation that it does today.

How does this change your understanding of the line?

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The speaker is not always the poet. Who could the speaker be? To whom could the speaker be

talking to?

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Pick two tone adjectives to describe the speaker’s attitude towards the subject.

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Identify the poem’s central theme. What is the purpose of the poem overall? What is

Shakespeare suggesting about life?

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Why do you think the poet only describes the physical features of his mistress? Nothing is

written to describe her personality. Why do you think this is?

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On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest, how would you rate this sonnet as a love

poem? Explain.

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If the order of the poem’s lines were reversed and the speaker started by telling the mistress he

loves her, before mentioning the negative points, how would this change your view of the

poem?