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Essay / Exposing the mistreatment of Australian Aborigines in...
Today, in the 20th century, it is a well-known fact in Australia, and the rest of the world, that Aborigines have been mistreated since the the establishment of Western culture, and for many years after that. The main aim of plays is to bring to life issues such as the one mentioned above and ideas about these issues through dramatic performances and the use of a number of diverse techniques. No Sugar, a revisionist text written by Jack Davis in 1985, is one of these stage dramas. Jack Davis brings issues to life and even expresses his own ideas on issues such as the injustices of the treatment of Aboriginal people in the 1930s in No Sugar, as No Sugar is a revisionist text and therefore offers a new perspective from a point of view. indigenous view. , on events occurring at the time of this issue. No Sugar, the revisionist drama written by Jack Davis, is about the mistreatment of Aboriginal people in Australia in the 1930s. Specifically, it is about the Millimurra family and their struggle against white "protection" and against being treated like objects in their own country. The stage drama is set primarily in Northam and Moore River, Western Australia. Davis explored the issues surrounding the treatment of Aborigines during this period and reflects his own ideas on these issues. An issue highlighted about this time period in No Sugar is how the Aborigines were discriminated against, for no other reason than the color of their skin. An example of this is in act one, scene one, when Cissie complains because when she and her brother go to buy apples, they are given bad, shriveled apples, and the white kids get big, juicy ones. "Aw mom, old Tony the ding still sells us a little paper......in the midst of the depression and many people are suffering from hunger and deprivation of many of the essentials that make a difficult existence possible. But you are there. this little corner of the Empire is fortunate to benefit from adequate food and shelter. "Act IV. Sc. (v) Page 97. Using dialogue, Davis again shows to the highest degree the extent to which the Aborigines have been neglected and marginalized in society. Because the reader knows that the Aborigines are under-supplied and must steal and hunt to get enough food, they see that, as Jimmy stated, AO Neville "talks his kwon" and completely ignores the Aborigines as citizens of Australia. Revisionist drama No Sugar Jack Davis manipulated narrative and theatrical elements such as characterization, symbolism, and dialogue to present the play's many problems throughout the text..