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Extinction Textual Analysis Thread
A place to discuss anything related to the VCE English text 'Extinction' by Hannie Rayson
Rayson, Hannie, ‘Extinction’ in Endangered: Three Plays, Currency Press, 2016 (A) (3)
Award-winning Australian playwright Hannie Rayson’s most recent work, Extinction, is a moving and sometimes confronting exploration of human fragility. When Harry Jewell runs over an endangered tiger quoll during a stormy night in the Otways, the event precipitates a moral crisis for the mining executive. Through his new-found relationship with conservation biologist Dr Piper Ross, Jewell is forced to re-evaluate the consequences of prioritising economic over environmental concerns, while Ross herself is confronted by a conflict: should she act for the greater good, or for the good of herself?
Hannie Rayson explores human relationships, environmental issues and considerations of mortality through her depiction of a range of complex and flawed characters. Rayson’s symbolism invites students to discuss humanity’s obligations to nature, as well as the interplay between idealism and pragmatism.
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