Sexual Identity In The Secret River

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Gender analyses how sexual identity impacts the creation and reception of literary works and pursues to question and expose the phallocentric bias in mainstream media; gender perspective is to analyse the social forces that have kept the sexes from total equality. The Secret River is set during the 19th century, at the time, society was male dominated and it was widely accepted that men were the superior and dominating gender who held all the control, while women were merely subjects of the men, destined to carry out mens bidding and do the housework that was viewed as unimportant to the men. Gender plays a significant part in determining whose voices are privileged and whose are silenced. Given that the play is set in Colonialist Australia in the 19th century gender roles were viewed differently to how they are today. During the …show more content…
For example the Dharug people are placed at the bottom of the hierarchy due to their Aboriginal status within the British class system, as such this effectively told the settlers that they had the law on their side and would not be prosecuted for doing “what was right”. Essentially this proclamation could be used to justify their actions. Thornhill disregards the fact that Yalamundi and the Dharug people are the custodians of the land and fails to understand its importance to them. He believes he is entitled to the land due to his social status as a free settler and that the Dharug people are expected to fall in line and comply with his …show more content…
Our country. All around here. The river beyond those ridges. We look after these places… THORNHILL: Listen, old man… This is my place now. You got all the rest. (Act One, Scene Three, Pg.

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