Picnic at Hanging Rock
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Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17
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All Themes Nature, Repression, and Colonialism Mystery and the Unknown Wealth and Class Gossip and Scandal
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All Characters Mrs. Appleyard Michael (Mike) Fitzhubert Albert Crundall Irma Leopold Mademoiselle Dianne de Poitiers Miranda Marion Quade Miss Greta McCraw Edith Horton Sara Waybourne Mrs. Cutler
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All Symbols Hanging Rock
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Picnic at Hanging Rock

by

Joan Lindsay

Picnic at Hanging Rock Symbols

Hanging Rock

The central symbol within Joan Lindsay’s Picnic at Hanging Rock is the titular Hanging Rock, which represents many things to many different characters: it is a symbol of colonialism’s evils; of nature’s retributive properties; and…

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