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Birds
Birds—especially Agnes’s kestrel in the earliest chapters of the book—represent freedom and the wild-hearted nature that Agnes and her husband share. Agnes’s kestrel is a bird of prey, a tamed animal that has been…
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Gloves
Gloves stand for the limitations of conventional propriety and expectations. To a lesser extent, they also stand as a testament to the hard work and occasional anguish that go into creating works of artistic genius…
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