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Question 1

How is the theme of memory manipulated throughout the film?

Accepted Answer

The townspeople rewrite events to absolve themselves of guilt

Question 2

What is the significance of the townspeople performing Macbeth while Tilly burns down Dungatar?

Accepted Answer

It highlights the destructive nature of ambition, mirroring Tilly’s revenge

Question 3

What does fashion symbolise in the film?

Accepted Answer

Female empowerment and transformation

Question 4

In what way is gendered identity problematised differently in The Dressmaker and Coriolanus?

Accepted Answer

Tilly reclaims femininity for power; Corio. rejects vulnerability as weak

Question 5

Why does Sergeant Farrat risk his reputation to support Tilly and Molly?

Accepted Answer

He identifies with their outsider status and repression

Question 6

What does Molly’s eccentricity symbolise within the narrative?

Accepted Answer

The trauma of marginalisation and resilience

Question 7

Why does Tilly create couture garments for the women of Dungatar?

Accepted Answer

To gain acceptance and manipulate social dynamics

Question 8

How does the setting of Dungatar reflect post-war Australia?

Accepted Answer

It represents a society stuck in conservative, hierarchical values

Question 9

What does the final burning of Dungatar metaphorically suggest in The Dressmaker?

Accepted Answer

A symbolic purge of the town’s cruelty, lies, and oppressive values, Tilly’s turn to vengeance, showing how revenge breeds more destruction, Tilly’s descent into madness and emotional instability

Question 10

Was Tilly justified in her crime?

Accepted Answer

No, Yes

Question 11

Why does Tilly return to Dungatar?

Accepted Answer

To take care of her mother, To reveal the truths of her past

Question 12

Which genre best describes The Dressmaker?

Accepted Answer

Gothic melodrama

Question 13

How does the town’s rejection of Tilly as a child influence her actions as an adult?

Accepted Answer

It drives her need for revenge and emotional distance

Question 14

How does the use of flashback function in the film?

Accepted Answer

It creates a nonlinear mystery structure

Question 15

How do both texts adhere to and subvert the conventions of tragedy?

Accepted Answer

Both protagonists suffer due to hubris, but only Corio. has a tragic death

Question 16

How do both The Dressmaker and Coriolanus explore the theme of vengeance as a response to social rejection?

Accepted Answer

Tilly uses fashion to reclaim power, while Coriolanus seeks revenge in war, Tilly and Coriolanus both channel vengeance through violent revolution

Question 17

What does Tilly’s final act of burning Dungatar represent thematically?

Accepted Answer

A desire to reclaim power through revenge

Question 18

Which statement best reflects the parallel between Tilly Dunnage and Caius Martius Coriolanus as outcast figures?

Accepted Answer

Both defy societal expectations and are punished for their difference.

Question 19

How do the historical and cultural contexts of Coriolanus and The Dressmaker influence their depictions of power?

Accepted Answer

Coriolanus critiques politics while The Dressmaker critiques conservatism

Question 20

What drives Tilly’s transformation throughout the film?

Accepted Answer

A longing for justice and identity

Question 21

What is ironic about Tilly’s role in the town’s transformation?

Accepted Answer

She empowers them with beauty only to destroy them

Question 22

How do the maternal figures influence the protagonists in both texts?

Accepted Answer

Volumnia manipulates Coriolanus toward power; Molly helps Tilly subvert it

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