Drovers Wife
English Comparison Essay
Traditional bush stories have always been a part of Australia's history; involving many types of characters like Drovers and Shearers, just to name a couple.
Many writers have portrayed these traditional bush characters in different ways!
The two bush stories "The Drovers Wife" and "The Graziers Wife" are set in two different time eras and written by two authors from totally different time periods.
Both of the main characters in each of the bush stories are quite similar in certain ways yet very different! This essay will compare their personalities their lifestyle and lives in general.
"The Drover's Wife" is a very traditional bush story, which mainly focuses a young wife of a Drover who usually lives alone with her three young children on their property deep in the bush. Her husband, "a drover, an ex-squatter, is away with sheep ."
"The Drover's Wife" is a tough, strong-willed woman who is devoted to her husband, her children and their......
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