Unfinished Business - Key scene 2

Question 1

When Rose walks off the veranda of the house

Answer 1

• Mis-en-scene
• Symbolic setting

Veranda symbolises a domestic sphere.

Perkins shows Rose taking action, breaking gender roles.

Beginning to accept indigenous people

Question 2

“Unfinished business, keeping us sleepless”

Answer 2

• Rhyming couplet

represents reconciling harmony between Albert and Rose

Question 3

“They saddled me with prizes, just a swag full of nothing”

Answer 3

• Symbolism
• Tokenistic

Represents Alberts emptiness

Swag symbolises indigenous communities receiving tokenistic compensation

Question 4

When Albert leads Rose through the landscape

Answer 4

• Long shot
• Day to night light film technique

Albert leads Rose through landscape is long shot.

Albert becomes leader, reinforced by day to night film technique