The Dressmaker (2015 Film)

The Dressmaker (2015 Film) Literary Elements

Director

Jocelyn Moorhouse

Leading Actors/Actresses

Kate Winslet

Supporting Actors/Actresses

Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving, Sarah Snook

Genre

Dark Comedy

Language

English

Awards

None

Date of Release

October 29th, 2015 (in Australia)

Producer

Sue Maslin

Setting and Context

Dungatar, Australia

Narrator and Point of View

No narrator or POV

Tone and Mood

Darkly comic, irreverent, dramatic, kooky, tragic

Protagonist and Antagonist

Tilly Dunnage (Protagonist) vs. the town of Dungatar

Major Conflict

Tilly's attempts to get revenge on those who wronged her in her youth, and figure out what happened on the day Stewart Pennyman died.

Climax

The climax is when Tilly lights the town on fire.

Foreshadowing

The immorality of the townspeople is foreshadowed at many points, even before we know many details about their lives.

Understatement

Certain elements of the plot and how outrageous it is are understated throughout the film.

Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques

Allusions

Fashion, movies of the early 1950s

Paradox

The moment after Teddy gets Tilly to finally admit she isn't cursed, he dies.

Parallelism

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