The Drover's Wife Literary Elements

Short Story

Australian bush, late 19th century

Third person omniscient

determined, contemplative, threatening, lonely, barren, melancholic, suspenseful

Protagonist: the drover's wife Antagonist: the snake

If the drover's wife will be able to kill the snake that is threatening her family.

When the drover's wife and Alligator kill the snake.

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-"He may forget sometimes that he is married" is an understatement, for what is really meant is that the husband is sleeping with other women and violating the bonds of their marriage.

-According to Queens University Library, "The Young Ladies’ Journal (1864-1920) is an illustrated periodical that was marketed specifically to a young, female, middle-class audience. Each month, the YLJ published several fashion supplements that were distributed with its regular magazine issues. These supplements feature illustrated fashion spreads, needlework design and crafting templates, and dress patterns that could be cut out and traced onto fabric."

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