OVERVIEW 116 Through my created text, I examined Molly Dunnage's revelation of her daughter, Tilly Dunnage’s, true parentage, and recount of being stalked to Dungatar by her previous lover and father of her child, Evan Pettyman. I transformed the mentioned scene from Rosalie Ham’s The Dressmaker into a diary entry and presented it through a different lens and point in time. Where Ham explained the situation through Molly’s perspective when Tilly was ten years of age, I delivered the event from Evan’s point of view when he initially became aware of Molly’s pregnancy. Doing so assisted me in producing a comprehensive text with details about Evan’s depraved character and his motives behind stalking Molly, something The Dressmaker lacked. PURPOSE 206 Chapter 19 of The Dressmaker revolved around the events which succeeded the death of Evan’s son – Stewart Pettyman. Simultaneously, Ham utilised this scene to unveil the truth about the Dunnage women's relationship with Evan. After Tilly was accused of Stuart’s murder, members of Dungatar’s population …show more content…
Chapter 19’s intended audience was made clear when Ham revealed secrets about how Evan had tormented Molly, before he abandoned Tilly, as this helped pique the interest of those interested in Molly’s character. In contrast, Evan’s diary was a personal record of his emotions, feelings, and agenda with respect to Molly. Additionally, the diary entry provided Evan’s acceptance of exercising his “authority” to dominate Molly’s life. Furthermore, the vulgar adjectives, including “dramatic,” he used to describe Molly, confirmed that the entry was solely meant for Evan’s eyes as the use of such language amongst townsfolk would have been improper. Collectively, these enhanced his heinousness. Thus, the dichotomy between the targeted audience of the two texts is made