The 7 Stages of Grieving
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Scene 1: Prologue Scene 2: Sobbing Scene 3: Purification Scene 4: Nana’s Story Scene 5: Photograph Story Scene 6: Story of a Father Scene 7: Family Gathering Scene 8: Black Skin Girl Scene 9: Invasion Poem Scene 10: 1788 Scene 11: Murri Gets a Dress Scene 12: Aunty Grace Scene 13: Mugshot Scene 14: March Scene 15: Bargaining Scene 16: Home Story Scene 17: Story of a Brother Scene 18: Gallery of Sorrow Scene 19: Suitcase Opening Scene 20: Wreck / con / silly / nation Poem Scene 21: Everything Has Its Time Scene 22: Plea Scene 23: Relief
Themes
All Themes Colonialism and Oppression Memory and Family Trauma Feeling vs. Numbness Aboriginal Identity, Pride, and Resilience
Quotes
Characters
All Characters The Woman Aunty Grace Daniel Yocke The Woman’s Grandmother/Nana The Woman’s Father The Woman’s Brother
Terms
All Terms Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples/First Nations Peoples Murri Gamilaraay/Kamilaroi Reconciliation Watchhouse Kooemba Jdarra
Symbols
All Symbols The Suitcase The Ice Block
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The 7 Stages of Grieving

by

Wesley Enoch and Deborah Mailman

The 7 Stages of Grieving: Scene 10: 1788 Summary & Analysis

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Memory and Family Trauma
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Feeling vs. Numbness
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Aboriginal Identity, Pride, and Resilience
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The date 1788 is projected onto the stage. The Woman comes out on stage and calls out to “you with that hat,” telling the unseen individual that they are taking up the whole harbor and must leave.
This brief (and slightly comic) scene demonstrates the Woman’s wish that she could travel back in time and stop white settlers from ever arriving in her ancestors’ homeland. It is a small but potent act of resistance.
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