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Lesson 15 Essay Topics:


 * 1) Discuss the figure of Nanabush: characteristics, function in the play, relevance in the Aboriginal culture.
 * 2) Concepts of circular and web-like world order (Aboriginal point of view) as different from the concepts of hierarchical and linear world order (Western-European point of view). Discuss differences and consequences for everyday life in perceiving the world through these perspectives.
 * 3) Literal and symbolic meaning of rape. Discuss Thomson Highway's choice of representing Zha's rape scene as artist's expression of a painful life experience.