Azaria's ghost can be heard as you pass the big red rock - 0 views
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seeing a witch being burned alive.
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Katie Bradley on 15 Mar 12If this were a VCE context piece that was drawing from 'The Crucible', this opening would be regarded well by an examiner as it draws from the set text.
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abducted English child Madeleine McCann, the treatment of whose parents by the English tabloids shocked the Leveson inquiry.
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As a VCE C+P English response, this section of the article would demonstrate the writer showing their broad knowledge of the Context - Encountering Conflict. They have gone beyond the set text for ideas and have been able to make relevant connections with their focus topic of the Chamberlain case while still tying to the themes and ideas presented in 'The Crucible'.
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''The people want answers,'' she said, ''and if they haven't got them they'll invent them.''
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Echoes to the events that took place in 'The Crucible', looking for answers to the young girls' comatose states. Also makes one think of Miller's purpose to comment on the injustice of the McCarthyist 'witch/communist' hunts that took place in his time. The fact that people in all these cases were asked to confess or be found guilty if they didn't - whether that be by authorities, the media or a general public that was fearful or turned against them.
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The most incredible fact in the Chamberlain case is that for 24 hours, the police, the other people in the camping ground and the Aboriginal tracker agreed with Lindy
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Then another mind got involved
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European in origin
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A photo showed her baby dressed in black. Who dresses a baby in black? She didn't show emotion. What sort of mother doesn't show emotion after her baby is killed?
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the speed with which the rumour
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''sacrifice
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People said the mother should be hanged.
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after a barrage of ''expert'' witnesses hostile to her, she was sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labour.
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a family had walked into Kiwirrkurra from the desert, where they had been living a traditional nomadic lifestyle - this was their first contact with whites.
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the story of the explorers Burke and Wills.
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Another point where the write is making connections, using their general knowledge to add points of interest and detail to create powerful writing. This opens the discussion in terms of how well it addresses the Context - Encountering Conflict. A teacher/examiner would see that the student had thought about and researched the Context well in their preparation for SACs and the exam.
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