Mike - Quotes Flashcards
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‘In England everything had been done before’
2
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Quote describing Miranda (vision seen by Mike at Lake view in chapter ten)
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‘The swan rose almost vertically above the shell’
Shell –> birth of Venus (sees a girl iin a white dress standing beside a gian clamshell bird bath) –> Imagines Miranda –> begins running to her –> When he almost reaches her she turns into a swan.
Swan motif + Mike will never reach her bc of the rocks power + Sees Miranda as Venus/Aphrodite –> Will never forget her bc she represents Australia.
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Mike’s name is a ‘valued personal possession that travelled everywhere with him’
4
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‘I’m going North in a week or two - probably Queensland’
5
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Mike asks Albert to stop calling him Mr. Michael because ‘ It doesn’t sound like Australia’
