Lucknow Journal of Humanities

  • Year: 2006
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 2

The game of ‘power’ and ‘preserve’ – An analysis of David Williamson's play the removalists

  • Author:
  • Neha Misra
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 15 to 19

Department of English, University of Lucknow.

Abstract

Australian literature today occupies a distinct identity in the world of commonwealth literatures or what is known as the post-colonial literatures in the present context, to all the literary outputs of the nation once colonized by the British imperialism. The literature now expands into a wider perspective with its own impact on the literary scene discussing its own problems and life. Besides, the most common theme of exploitation of aboriginals by Britishers, various writers have focused on other aspects of the daily life of Australian people. One such writer who raises his voice against the exploitation of the various minorities in human society, like females under male power, common men in the claws of powerful ‘public servants’, is David Williamson. His play The Removalist is about power: people who gain power and people who lose power and those who misuse and abuse power. As we begin the new century, power is perhaps more than ever the ultimate source of status. The Removalist, although written over thirty years ago, retains its edge, its ability to shock and most importantly its delicious sense of humour.