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The Woman’s Grandmother/Nana
The Woman mentions her father only in passing, yet it is clear that she has a great deal of concern for him. Though the Woman’s father is not an old man (he’s 45), the Woman is worried about his declining health. She has started to prematurely grieve his death even though he is still alive. The Woman’s father, then, becomes an indicator of how health issues and premature mortality disproportionately affect Australia’s First Nations communities due to structural racism and inequality, as well as cycles of poverty, depression, abuse, and illness.
The Woman’s Father Quotes in The 7 Stages of Grieving
The The 7 Stages of Grieving quotes below are all either spoken by The Woman’s Father or refer to The Woman’s Father. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Scene 6: Story of a Father
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The Woman walks over to the grave and embraces the block of ice. Springing away, she turns to the audience and clutches her breast.
THE WOMAN: Oh my sousou.
The Woman sits on the edge of the grave.
I’m trying to deal with Dad’s death. He hasn’t died yet, but the time is coming soon when he’ll be taken away.
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Scene 12: Aunty Grace
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I never saw her cry the whole time she was with us.
Dad said she was stuck-up and wasn’t really family. She married this Englishman after World War II. There was a photo of her on a ship waving with this white fella, his arm around her. For some reason she didn’t stay, which in my family is strange.
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The Woman’s Father Quotes in The 7 Stages of Grieving
The The 7 Stages of Grieving quotes below are all either spoken by The Woman’s Father or refer to The Woman’s Father. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Scene 6: Story of a Father
Quotes
The Woman walks over to the grave and embraces the block of ice. Springing away, she turns to the audience and clutches her breast.
THE WOMAN: Oh my sousou.
The Woman sits on the edge of the grave.
I’m trying to deal with Dad’s death. He hasn’t died yet, but the time is coming soon when he’ll be taken away.
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Scene 12: Aunty Grace
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I never saw her cry the whole time she was with us.
Dad said she was stuck-up and wasn’t really family. She married this Englishman after World War II. There was a photo of her on a ship waving with this white fella, his arm around her. For some reason she didn’t stay, which in my family is strange.
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