Hannah Lindsay DRC guidebook

GUIDEBOOK

THE ELWOOD CANAL

THE ELWOOD CANAL

GUIDEBOOK

Hannah Lindsay

Guidebook : The Elwood Canal

CONTENTS

The Guidebook is an additional reference to the process undertaken within ‘The Telling.’ It has been provided in order to clarify the structure of the process, as well as demonstrate an alternate approach to narrative, where by the characters of site remain landscape elements, rather than developing into human forms.

For ease of communication between the two books, parallel titles have been provided. Therefore the Guidebook can be read prior, or simultaneously, to ‘The Telling.’

04 SITE INTRODUCTION + STORY 10 CHARACTER PROFILES 24

NARRATIVE - THE WATER - THE FISHERMAN - THE MOTHER - THE CYCLIST

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NARRATIVE DESIGN - ‘THE WATER’S CANAL’

58 ADDITIONAL EXPLORATIONS 68

REFERENCES

THE ELWOOD CANAL GUIDEBOOK

SITE INTRODUCTION + STORY

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SITE INTRODUCTION

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MELBOURNE

ST KILDA

ELWOOD

THE ELWOOD CANAL

ELSTER CREEK The Elwood Canal is located in Melbourne’s south eastern district, just south of St Kilda. The canal is just one segment of the larger Elster Creek network, which runs as far as Highett and Carnegie. Originally the Southern Swamp, construction for the Elwood Canal began in 1889 to allow for residential development to occur. Despite multiple drainage issues over time, the canal continues to operate today as a walkway for the people moving from the streets of Elwood, to the foreshore.

The Guidebook will specifically engage with the section of canal between Marina Parade and Broadway Street.

The Southern Swamp, Elwood, 1866

Elwood Junction, 1920’s

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SITE STORY

First Elwood Canal bridge is built for St Kilda Street, by John Monash. First block of swampland sold for development.

Elwood Canal is cleaned.

Attempts to solve drainage problems fail.

1899

Proposal for the Elwood Canal to be filled and sold for residential development. Elwood Canal is blamed for a Polio epidemic throughout the southern suburbs of Melbourne.

1930’s

1937 The upper reaches of Elster Creek are widened and cleaned.

Construction begins to improve the Elwood Canal drainage, including the extension to Gardenvale Railway Station and development of the Elsternwick Main Drain. Existing canal is paved.

1901

1904

1905

Canal extension is completed to New Street.

Construction of the Elwood Canal begins. (Elwood Beach to Glenhuntly Road)

1889

1897 CANAL DRAINAGE ISSUES

Construction of the Elwood Canal concludes. (Elwood Beach to Glenhuntly Road.)

1907

1906

INTENSE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT

constructed on the canal edge to accommodate residents.

Canal extension is completed to Gardenvale Railway Station.

1910

Second block of swampland sold for development.

Land closest to the Elwood Canal

1920’s is developed. Electrical substation

Underground flood development completed for the Elwood Canal.

3,000 Elwood residents sign a petition for flood protection measure to be implemented along the Elwood Canal.

1950’s

Development for underground divisions of flood works.

1954

1958

1963

Channel west of St Kilda Street reconstructed to triple its capacity.

The Elwood Canal Site Story

Development of road and footbridges across the Elwood Canal including the wooden footbridge in Point Ormond Reserve (1982).

1980’s + 90’s

2006 Art installation ‘Twenty-Seven Stories‘, by Maggie Fooke, is incorporated into the Elwood Canal paving.

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THE ELWOOD CANAL GUIDEBOOK

CHARACTER PROFILES

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CHARACTER DIAGRAM

ELWOOD CANAL BUILT

PEOPLE

CONTEXT (ELWOOD)

WATER

VEGETATION

LITTER

SUPPORT DRAINS FAIL

CANAL IS CLEANED

ELWOOD DEVELOPMENT

Character Interactions, The Elwood Canal

KEY NOTES 1. People only have a continual relationship to site due to the context.

2. Where litter enters the site, the activitys of water and people are effected.

3. Changes in vegetations are dependant on context and sometimes people.

“AND THE BUMPING OF THE STROLLER ON THE BLUESTONES HAD THEM ASLEEP IN A FLASH”

The following diagram maps the character relationships across the site story.

Based on the work of Randall Munroe (refer to page 16 of ‘The Telling’), it identifies the five key characters of the Elwood Canal Site Story as Water, Vegetation, Litter, People and Context.

“THAT YEAR FROM JUNE TO SEPTEMBER THE SCHOOL WAS CLOSED”

POLIO EPIDEMIC

CANAL IS RESTORED

SURROUNDING PARK IS DEVELOPED

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CHARACTER PROFILES - WATER

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Water within Site

Swamp water, canal water, rain water and flood water Physical appearance: Swamp water appears as a body of water settled in a naturally formed basin, generally calm. Canal water appears as a water body within a man made basin, generally calm. Rain water forms as water droplets of different weight and intensity. Flood water appears as excess water, which exceeds the bank of the canal. At first, flood water is quite rough but calms as the water slowly recedes.

Background: Swamp water was the original water body of site until the Elwood Canal was constructed. Rain water has an ongoing relationship to site, depending on the current weather conditions. Although rare, the site is prone to flooding.

Role within site: Water is the fundamental element within site, having directly influenced the creation of the Elwood canal. It is a source of both pleasure and trouble within this site.

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CHARACTER PROFILES - VEGETATION

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Vegetation within Site

Trees, bushes and grasses Physical appearance: A variety of tree species, at a range of ages. Generally between 3 and 8 meters high, they are maintained to a degree, primarily around the base. Bushes also appear in a number of species and range of ages.

Grass within site appears in patches and is cut short.

Background: The original vegetation within site was natural vegetation which formed around the edge of the swamp. This was destroyed during the creation of the Elwood Canal, around which a new type of vegetation naturally developed. Over time, more exotic species of plants have been planted within site.

Role within site: The vegetation frames the site nicely from the greater context, providing shelter and shade within the site. It is also, arguably, the site most aesthetically pleasing feature.

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CHARACTER PROFILES - LITTER

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Litter within Site

Small loose rubbish, large hard rubbish, green waste and silt Physical appearance: Loose rubbish (everyday rubbish) such as empty chip packets or cigarette butts. Hard rubbish such as planks of wood or a bicycle.

Green waste such as loose branches and leaves. Silt, a sediment material which varies between sand and clay, is a problem for drainage within the site.

Background: Loose rubbish comes from people and generally enter’s site from the surrounding streets or through the Elster Creek drainage system.

Hard rubbish is directly placed within site. Green waste comes from both the vegetation on site and surrounding site. There is generally more green waste during the autumn months. Silt comes from the soil on site, as well as surrounding streets.

Role within site: Litter is an unwanted, and often problematic, character. It causes great drainage issues and well as being ascetically displeasing.

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CHARACTER PROFILES - PEOPLE

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People within Site

Cyclists, walkers, runners, fisherman, parents with children, etc Physical appearance: The majority of people using site appear to be exercising.

Whether walking, running or cycling, in groups or individually, they move with purpose through site. There are a few people, however, who spend longer talking, sitting, fishing, doing yoga, etc.

Background: With the development of Elwood, came an influx of people, keen to interact with the site. People have dictated how the canal looks and functions over the years, as its value to the people increased. However, there was once a conflict, where the canal was blamed for a polio epidemic.

Role within site: People play an important role within site. Without people, the site would be neglected, and the other characters would become uncontrollable.

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CHARACTER PROFILES - CONTEXT (ELWOOD)

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Context bordering Site

Streets, houses, shops, fences, parks etc Physical appearance: Streets of varying width, approach and cross over site, providing multiple access points. These streets are primarily lined with residential properties, with just a few small shops. Many of the properties were constructed in the 1920’s and 30’s, displaying Victorian style features.

There are also a number of modern apartment blocks. The fence which lines site varies from timber to concrete.

Background: Elwood Canal was constructed to allow residential development within Elwood. Today it is a dense residential community, within the City of Port Phillip.

Role within site: Despite being beyond the boundary of site, the context has influenced much of the Elwood Canals development. It is a very large and influential character within the site story.

THE ELWOOD CANAL GUIDEBOOK

NARRATIVE

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NARRATIVE - THE WATER

I was left alone in what they told me was my new home.

But this so called home had no doors, only walls built tall and an open roof, through which I could view the world passing by.

I would smile at the people as they passed, and how they admired me. People would come and sit high upon the walls of my house to watch my beautiful surface glisten in the sunlight. They bought their partners and their children to visit me.

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Storyboard Moment 1

Moment 1 Character Diagram

Moment 1 Plan

Moment 1 Section

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NARRATIVE - THE WATER cont.

Sometimes the children would lose their footing and fall right into my arms. How their parents would panic and fret, but I wasn’t fussed. It was nice to feel so close to someone.

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Storyboard Moment 2

Moment 2 Character Diagram

Moment 2 Plan

Moment 2 Section

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NARRATIVE - THE WATER cont.

After some time my home began to get dirty. A thick layer of silt covered my floor and other types of litter moved in as well. While the litter was good company, it wasn’t very respectful of my space, and seemed reluctant to leave. I tentatively asked if it had somewhere else to be, but the litter explained, that just like me, it struggled to scale the walls of my house and therefore could not leave.

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Storyboard Moment 3

Moment 3 Character Diagram

Moments 3 Plan

Moment 3 Section

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NARRATIVE - THE WATER cont.

Although I didn’t want to sound ungrateful for the home I had been given, I politely asked the people if they would mind removing the litter, but no one responded. Time continued to pass and the litter began to make me sick.

I was no longer beautiful and clear, but green, and frankly quite smelly. People stopped admiring me and simply walked on by, often casting me looks of disgust.

Then one day they closed off the paths around my house and no one walked past at all.

I was sick and alone, trapped within the walls the people had made for me.

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Storyboard Moment 4

Moment 4 Character Diagram

Moments 4 Plan

Moment 4 Section

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NARRATIVE - THE WATER cont.

As time went by, I grew angry at the litter. People used to love me, they used to come and admire me. One day people did came back but they were not pleased. They were mad.

I overheard them say that I was responsible for the polio epidemic which had been hurting the people. That the people despised me so much that they planned to hide me away forever.

I tried to yell – ‘No! You’ve got it all wrong! I’m sick, the litter has made me sick and the people too. Don’t you remember how you used to love me? You can’t hide me away, I’m innocent, I’m a victim too!’ – but again no one responded, they just continued to ignored me.

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Storyboard Moment 5

Moment 5 Character Diagram

Moment 5 Plan

Moment 5 Section

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NARRATIVE - THE WATER cont.

I was so upset. How could they despise me, we used to be friends. Lonely and terrified by the thought of being hidden away, I took my last chance to convince the people of my innocence. That day, it rained and rained.

As the rainwater poured into my house, I eagerly welcomed it, and as the rain continued to fall, I grew bigger, slowly approaching the open roof of my house. I soon rippled over the lip of my house walls and felt the earth beneath me.

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Storyboard Moment 6

Moment 6 Character Diagram

Moment 6 Plan

Moment 6 Section

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NARRATIVE - THE WATER cont.

I continued to grow, spreading out into the context and hugging the peoples feet that I had missed for so long. The people were scared at first, but then they saw how dirty I was and how sick I had become.

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Storyboard Moment 7

Moment 7 Character Diagram

Moment 7 Plan

Moment 7 Section

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NARRATIVE - THE WATER cont.

Once the rain had stopped, and my body returned to it’s regular size, the people started coming back to visit. At first they came to clean the damage from the storm, but then they cleaned my house too. They cleared away the litter, and the silt, and I became healthy again.

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Storyboard Moment 8

Moment 8 Character Diagram

Moment 8 Plan

Moment 8 Section

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NARRATIVE - THE FISHERMAN

No one had ever taught me how to fish, one day, I just decided to give it a try.

I walked with my newly purchased rod and bait down to the Elwood Canal, where I had seen men fishing previously.

After a week, I wondered back to the canal and tried again. I sat closer to the bridge, and calmly cast my line into the water. The bait didn’t fall off and I smiled to myself.

I sat on the grass at the edge of the canal, and once I had the hook prepared, I eagerly cast my line into the canal. I watched as my bait drifted off my hook and safely into the mouth of a nearby fish.

I hung my legs over the edge of the canal and basked in the beautiful sunlight, but never let go of my rod in case I got a bite.

Frustrated but determined, I try again and again, but end up leaving angry, and empty handed.

Over time a few people stopped to chat and see if I had caught anything. One man suggested I cast my line into the bay down the road, as the men down there always seem to catch something.

But I liked the quite nature of the canal.

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After having been down to the canal a number of times, I had figured out that the fish, like me, preferred the areas of still water, and silence, away from the traffic bridges.

I caught five fish in that spot before I began catching pieces of litter. The water had become much dirtier than usual and the fish no longer gathered in schools under the calm surface of the water.

Eventually I stopped visiting the canal and before long they closed off access.

My rod sat in the corner of my bedroom, collecting dust. Every day I looked at it and missed sitting in the sunlight, hanging my legs over the edge of the canal.

One day, I passed the canal and saw people clearing away litter, and debris, from a recent storm.

The water, while still not clean, looked much healthier, and as I stared at my reflection in the water, I saw a single fish swim past.

I did not work much that day, just dreamed about getting home and wiping the dust from my fishing rod.

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NARRATIVE - THE MOTHER

I had lived in Elwood for a long time. I grew up there with my family in a little Victorian terrace and now I had started a family of my own here.

My son Thomas was one year old when he was keeping me busy. Just on his feet, he loved walking around the house faster and faster every day.

But our house was quite small, and with only a little backyard, I tried to take him out for walks as often as possible. He sat in his pram, kicking and fussing all the way to the Elwood Canal, where I would let him stretch his legs.

He rushed out of his pram and straight towards the water, but I quickly grabbed his hand and pulled him back. We sat on the grass along the edge of the canal, watching the ducks float by and feeding them bread.

He laughed loudly at the ducks, often scaring them away. When he tries to chase after them, I’ve already got a hold of his hand. One day, Thomas lend over the edge of the canal, keen to watch a school of fish swim by, as I went to hold his hand, he slipped right through my grasp and landed in the water.

I shrieked and jumped in after him, it’s one thing to admire the canal but to be in it is a whole different story. Luckily, Thomas was fine, just confused as to why the fish had fled.

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A few weeks later, I learned the canal had been closed off. A friend had told me that the canal was being held responsible for the polio epidemic spreading across Melbourne.

Thomas and I changed the route of our walk, visiting the few other parks around the area. He enjoyed the other parks but missed seeing his reflection in the water and feeding the ducks.

He would ask to visit the canal almost every day, and although I tried to explain, he didn’t understand.

One day walking to one of the new parks we had discovered, we crossed over the canal and saw that it has been cleaned and reopened.

A few days later, I took Thomas back to the canal.

I was nervous at first and kept him away from the water’s edge and then slowly let him get closer and closer, until one day we sat on the grass and feed the ducks again, just like old times.

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NARRATIVE - THE CYCLIST

I used to cycle every Sunday morning.

Not because I had to, because I wanted to. Living in Elwood, I often rode along the foreshore.

I loved the feeling of freedom as I sped along the road, however I didn’t feel so free being surrounded by other cyclists and cars on the road. Despite my best efforts, drivers continued to not see One day, while turning a corner, a car knocked my back wheel and almost cleared me off my bike. I knew they didn’t like cyclists but that was no reason to try and kill us.

Sick and tired of having to compete for road space, I searched for an alternative route with less cars. While riding through Elsternwick Park one morning, I discovered a connection to the Elwood Canal. While I had heard of it before, I had not considered it as a route for my cycling, but it soon become my new preference.

There were a few other cyclists sharing the path, as well as walkers, but most importantly, I didn’t have to compete with car traffic. It was a challenge at times sharing the narrow path with other people, especially when the path ran directly along the canal.

I often got nervous that I’d get to close to the edge and my bike wheel would slip. However, on quieter days it was nice being so close to the canal, and looking over at the cool calm water as I raced past.

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One day, the Elwood Canal had been closed off. Unsure why, I rode through some of the back streets to another entrance just to find that it had also been closed.

Disappointed, I returned to my old route along the foreshore, again forced to share to road with multiple cyclists and obnoxious cars.

I still enjoyed cycling but had become so accustomed to the peaceful path of the Elwood Canal, that my old route left me unsatisfied.

I continued to ride across the bridges of the Elwood Canal on occasion, but the entrances remained closed.

Then one day, after a horrible storm, people took the time to clean the canal, and reopened it to the public.

The paths were open again and I could enjoy my peaceful ride along the canal front once more.

THE ELWOOD CANAL GUIDEBOOK

NARRATIVE DESIGN ‘THE WATER’S CANAL’

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DESIGN CONCEPT

Sequential Order Of Moments

Scale Order Of Moments

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‘Analepsis’, commonly known as a ‘flashback’ within film, this is a technique which allows the narrative to be reordered, and therefore incorporate information which would otherwise be excluded. This information may provide background or clarity, without which the significance of particular events would be unrealized by the audience.

The Water’s Canal uses moments established within ‘The Water’ narrative as points of reflection within a broader site design based on the other corresponding narratives. The way in which the moments have been reorganized, creates a scale of interaction between people and water.

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NARRATIVE DESIGN - ‘THE WATER’S CANAL’

The Water’s Canal, Various Sections (Most to Least People/Water Interaction)

The Water’s Canal is a serious of reflection moments, which tell of the various interactions between people and water within the protagonist’s narrative.

These moments filter the water as it moves through the scale of interaction, from least, near Broadway Street, to most, just before the canal ends and the foreshore begins.

The Water’s Canal, Moments Plan

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The Water’s Canal, Moment Details

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The Fisherman, within The Water’s Canal

The Mother, within The Water’s Canal

The Cyclist, within The Water’s Canal

THE ELWOOD CANAL GUIDEBOOK

ADDITIONAL EXPLORATIONS

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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

Various Sections of Concept

his mother called him “WILD THING!” and Max said “I’LL EAT YOU UP!” so he was sent to bed without eating anything.

That very night in Max’s room a forest grew ... and grew and grew until his ceiling hung with vines and the walls became the world all around.

The wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws but Max stepped into his private boat and waved good-bye and into the night of his very own room where he found his supper waiting for him ... and it was still hot.

This proposition aims to associate a pre-existing literary story with site, in order to highlight particular experiential qualities. In the form of parallel storyboards, the first communicates a personal narrative of my first journey to site. The second is from children’s storybook ‘Where The Wild Things Are,’

by Maurice Sendak, and responds to the experience shown in the first, a contrast between the wild and the tame, the know and the unknown. The intention of this was to understand the site experience through a similar but different narrative in order to allow new possibilities for design.

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The Elwood Canal Initial Journey

The ‘Where The Wild Things Are’ Journey

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ROMANCE GENRE - ROMEO AND JULIET

Romance Lens

For the literary genre of romance, the key characters of Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ were diagrammed across site, and compared to the character relations of the Elwood Canal site story. The fundamental relationship is between the two lovers, Romeo and Juliet, who are constantly struggling to remain together through plot twists, and other character interventions. A similar relationship occurs between the characters of water and vegetation within the site story. There are a number of occasions throughout the story where the vegetation is destroyed, but continues to grow back, fighting to be close to the water.

CHAPTER 01

LITTER

Romeo and Juliet vs the Elwood Canal. Character Interactions

CONTEXT PEOPLE

VEGETATI WATER

ON

ROMEO O MERCUTI

TYBALT JULIET

Romeo, a young man recovering from a broken heart, crashes into a party held by a rival household. Here he meets the beautiful Juliet and falls instantly in love as does she, however the two cannot be together as they are from opposing households and their love will never be approved of.

The next day, Romeo and Juliet are married in secret by Friar Lawrence. Later an angry Tybalt attacks Mercutio who he kills and in return Romeo kills Tybalt. For his actions Romeo is banished.

FRIAR

CHAPTER 03 ENCE

LAWR

With Romeo banished and no one aware of their marriage, Juliet is arranged to wed another man.

Horrified by the idea Juliet pleas with Friar Lawrence for a solution, he offers her a potion which will make her appear dead, until the wedding is cancelled and Romeo comes to save her. Juliet eagerly embraces the idea.

After taking the potion, Juliet is found and buried in the families mausoleum. Although Friar Lawrence sends Romeo an urgent letter explaining the plan, Romeo learns of Juliet’s death first and rushes back to see for himself.

Seeing Juliet’s body, Romeo ends his life just as Juliet awakens. Realising what Romeo has done Juliet also takes her own life.

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CHAPTER 04

CHAPTER 02

63 Additional Explorations: Genre

ADVENTURE GENRE - THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE

Adventure Lens

For the literary genre of adventure, the key characters of C.S. Lewis’, ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ were diagrammed across site and compared to the character relations of the Elwood Canal site story. The adventure genre depicts an exciting story, which in this case brings together an assortment of characters to undertake a particular task or challenge. Within the story of site there are a few events which bring characters together. The first is the introduction of people and context to the existing relationship of water and vegetation, which occurs during the residential development of Elwood. The second is the strong relationship shown between these four character, as they continue to struggle against accumulating litter.

CHAPTER 01

TER

LITTER

CHAPTER 02

ASLAN

While hiding from the housekeeper one day, all four children stumble into the wardrobe and into the land of Narnia. Here they meet a number of characters who tell them of the pain the White Witch has caused, but Edmund who is intrigued by the promises the White Witch offers, wonders off alone to find her.

The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe vs the Elwood Canal. Character Interactions

CONTEXT PEOPLE

VEGETATI WATER

ON

ITCH WHITE W

PE SUSAN + EDMUND LUCY

Set in World War II, the Pevensie children, Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter, are sent to live with a professor. While playing one day, Lucy discovers the wardrobe, through which the land of Narnia lies. When she returns to the house and tells her siblings of the magical land, they don’t believe her.

The great lion Aslan joins the siblings as they go to the castle of the White Witch to retrieve their brother. Although the White Witch gives Edmund his freedom, it is later learned that Aslan sacrifices himself in return and is killed on the stone table, by the White Witch later that night.

While the siblings prepare to battle the White Witch and her army, the deep magic of Narnia brings Aslan back to life and he returns to help fight the battle and defeat the White Witch.

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CHAPTER 03

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HORROR GENRE - FRANKENSTEIN

Horror Lens

For the literary genre of horror, the key characters of Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ were diagrammed across site and compared to the character relations of the Elwood Canal site story. The horror genre depicts terror, which in the case of Frankenstein, occurs through the character relationships. The protagonist of the story is never directly attacked by the instigator, however the other characters close to the protagonist are. These character interactions are similar to those which occurred during the polio epidemic within the site story, where the litter terrorised the people, but did so by effecting the quality of the water.

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CHAPTER 01

LITTER

STER THE MON

Frankenstein vs the Elwood Canal. Character Interactions

CONTEXT PEOPLE

VEGETATI WATER

ON

STEI FRANKEN

H ELIZABET WILLIAM

Victor Frankenstein is a professor in Germany, obsessed with discovering the secrets of life. In his attempts to discover this he creates a monster out of old body parts, horrified by his creation Victor leaves the monster, only to find when he returns that the monster is gone.

Falling sick from creating such a horrific monster, Frankenstein plans to return to his family home in Geneva, Switzerland, when he receives the news that his younger brother William has been murdered. Frankenstein instantly knows the monster is responsible.

Later the monster approaches Frankenstein and asks him to create a partner to share his solitude with, but still traumatised by the monster, Frankenstein refuses. Enraged, the monster promises he will be there on Frankenstein’s wedding night. Frankenstein returns to Geneva to marry his love Elizabeth, but as promised the monster returns that night and murders Elizabeth.

ROBE

RT

Frankenstein vows to destroy the monster he created and chases him to the north pole, where he is discovered sick by an explorer named Robert.

Robert nurses him to health and hears the story of Frankenstein’s monster. Soon after Frankenstein passes away, at which time the monster comes to visit the body and declaring to Robert that and he too can end his suffering and die.

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CHAPTER 04

CHAPTER 03

CHAPTER 02

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PAGE 07 1. Unknown, 2005, Elwood Heritage Review, The Elwood Canal, Heritage Alliance, Melbourne, pg 1 - 4

PAGE 60 1. Sendak, M, 1963, Where The Wild Things Are, Harper and Row, USA, pg 9, 11, 15, 34, 35 + 39