Genre
Exposing play
Language
English
Setting and Context
Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Narrator and Point of View
The Girls of Parramatta
Tone and Mood
Depressed, malnourished
Protagonist and Antagonist
Protagonist: The girls of Parramatta; Antagonist: The emplyees and employers of Parramatta
Major Conflict
The girls of Parramatta were mistreated and abused.
Climax
When the truth of how they had been treated was exposed.
Foreshadowing
The lives the women had after their time as inmates at Parramatta foreshadowed that they had had a hard life.
Understatement
The Parammatta girls' house was an understatement in itself, as no one knew what really was going on there.
Allusions
The reader might trace allusions between the mistreated individuals here and other victims of injustice.
Imagery
The image of the 14-year-old-girl committing suicide because of her mistreatment is important, as it shows how serious the treatment they were receiving was.
Paradox
N/A
Parallelism
Parallels can be drawn between the life the girls lived in the home and how they lived after the homes, as some continued living the same way they did in the home, which ultimately ruined their lives.
Personification
N/A
Use of Dramatic Devices
Towards the end of the play, the girls talk directly to the audience.
