QUESTIONS ON “The Drover’s Wife” by Henry Lawson

1. Introduce the author: his life, style, main works.

2. Describe the setting using examples from the text.
3. What kind of narrator do we find in this story? Give examples.
4. Which are the main themes the author treats in this text?
5. Describe The Drover's wife.
6. How is the Australian bush described in the story? Give examples.
7. How do you interpret that, though living in the bush, the Drover's wife reads the
Young Ladies' Journal?
8. What does the Drover's wife do on Sundays? Why do you think she does this?
9. How is the female character's relationship with her husband? And with her kids?
10. How does she feel by living in the bush? Her relationship with the bush has always
been the same?
11. What happens with the blackfellow who brings her a woodpile? What do you know
about this man?
12. What does the eldest boy say to his mother at the end of the story? How do you think
his words mean facing their future?
13. Define the literary technique "Pathetic Fallacy." Can you find any examples of it in this
story?
14. Comment on the title.
15. Mention and analyse the main symbols in this story.