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Patrick Cleary
The Thorn Bird
The thorn bird symbolizes the cost of striving for something sacred or unreachable, especially for Ralph, whose rise in the Church demands that he give up love. The Celtic myth of the thorn bird…
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Agnes (Meggie’s Doll)
Meggie’s doll, Agnes, symbolizes the fragility of girlhood and the early erasure of Meggie’s identity in a male-dominated world. At the start of the novel, Fiona gives Meggie the doll as a birthday present—Meggie’s…
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Mary’s Will
Mary’s Will represents the cost of Ralph’s ambition, symbolizing the bargain he makes with power and the spiritual fracture that shapes the rest of his life. On the surface, it is a document…
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