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Characters in "The Drover's Wife"

The document describes several characters in the story "The Drover's Wife". It provides descriptions of the Drover's Wife as thin, sun-burnt, physically strong, brave, lonely, protective, loving of her family, hardworking, self-reliant, determined, and capable. It also describes her son Tommy as brave, eager, understanding, sensitive, alert and protective. The Drover is described as hardworking, helpful when visiting family, and practical. The snake is stealthy, cunning, and fierce while hiding in cracks. The snake dog is skillful at sensing and killing snakes.

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Characters in "The Drover's Wife"

The document describes several characters in the story "The Drover's Wife". It provides descriptions of the Drover's Wife as thin, sun-burnt, physically strong, brave, lonely, protective, loving of her family, hardworking, self-reliant, determined, and capable. It also describes her son Tommy as brave, eager, understanding, sensitive, alert and protective. The Drover is described as hardworking, helpful when visiting family, and practical. The snake is stealthy, cunning, and fierce while hiding in cracks. The snake dog is skillful at sensing and killing snakes.

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CHARACTER

Very thin, sun-burnt

Physical description
Physically strong

She does hard work taking care


of the family.
Play a man responsible

THE DROVERS WIFE

Brave

She kills the snake and willing


to protect the family.

Lonely

She takes care of the family, all


alone as her husband goes
droving.
Protective and responsible

She does not let her children go near


LOVING
the
snake.
The drovers wife loves her husband
Make sure that her children safe from
and worried about him.
any anger
She also loves her children. She
protect all her children from any
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danger.

She is busy at the kitchen doing


household
chores.
HARDWORKING
She works hard to see to the
childrens comfort.
She busy herself with her sewing
and her reading while protecting
her children.

JL

THE DROVERS WIFE

CAPABLE

SELF-RELIANT

She can look after herself and the


children without her husband.
She also has to see to the livestock
on the farm.

The drovers know what to do


when danger strikes.
She take her children into the
kitchen and puts them on the
table away from the floor.

DETERMINED

She is determined to get rid of the


snake.
She kill the snake and put it into
the fire.

PHYSICAL
CHARACTERRISTIC

He is untidy, thin and sun-burnt.


He is also active and alert what is happen.
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Tommy immediately call her mother when he see a snake


in order to protect his family.
He is ready to go after and kill the snake.

TOMMY

BRAVE AND
EAGER

He want to hit and kill the snake.


He shows no fear although he still
young

He wants to protect his family from the snake.

UNDERSTAN-DING
& SENSITIVE

ALERT AND
PROTECTIVE

RESPONSIBLE

He say I will never go droving to her mother


show that he know how difficult the life without
the father.
He understand his mothers feeling.

- He go for droving to find


money for his family.
- He
has
He always
been away
visitsfor
hissix month
brothers family or
bush woman.
HARDWORKING
He bring along
provisions with him.
HELPFUL

THE DROVER

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THE DROVERS
BROTHER

- He want to change the life


with his family.
a portion
of
- He want to
takeHe
hisgives
family
to
live near the town
the meat to his sisterin-lawFAMILY
or bushwoman.
CARE FOR THIS
PRACTICAL

STEALTHY

The snake hides itself and keeps


watch from the crack in the wall
FEARLESS
It is not afraid to
anything include a
snake.

ALLIGATOR

CUNNING

It creeps into narrow crack where it


cannot be reached.
THE SNAKE It wait until it think safe it is safe to
emerge

FIERCE
He is ferocious.
He hates all
15 dogs
other
except kangaroo
dogs

SKILFUL-SNAKE DOG
It hates snake and
has kill many.
It can sense
where the snake
hiding.

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