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Questions regarding the meaning of certain terms or phrases used in a work of literature. If your question concerns the symbolic significance of something whose surface meaning is clear, use the [symbolism] tag instead. Please add specific tags as well: for the author (if known), the language (if not English), and either the work itself (if long) or the [poetry] or [short-stories] tags for short works.
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Iron bars and iron fence - literal or metaphorical?
This passage from The Children's Bach by Helen Garner:
‘At night, because of the noise of people laughing, they turned up the
treble on the jukebox. But in the early mornings, in the peaceful shift w …
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Meaning of "daring it to tackle her. It paid her no attention"
This text is from The Children's Bach by Helen Garner
They laughed. Vicki watched them closely, ready to be included in their
amusement, to roll her shoulders in scepticism as they did, but they
pret …
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Meaning of "He went ‘Eeeeee!’ high up in his skull"
This text is from The Children's Bach by Helen Garner:
Billy drew a breath and started to scream in short, sharp cries. He flung
himself back on Dexter’s lap; he clapped his left hand over his ear, a …
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Meaning of "In the wide planting of his feet, his blithe assumption of an audience, she saw ...
This passage is from The Children's Bach by Helen Garner:
She turned round with her arms full of stinking sheets. He had not heard a word. His eyes had gone out of focus, his pitch was up, his pace w …
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Meaning of "They wanted to know each other less than they wanted to agree. Harmony! To be ea...
This text is from The Children's Bach by Helen Garner.
In the street there was a dusty summer wind, a morning not quite hot
enough. If they walked shoulder to shoulder, if they sat side by side, it w …
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Meaning of "in whose presence nothing is required but perfect passivity."
(wound= past tense of wind and it is used methaphorical meaning "her speech was confusing")
And does the rest of the part in bold mean: her pointlessness speech was confusing but still soothing and voluptuous …
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Meaning of "to conduct the ordinary business of their lives"
This passage is from The Children's Bach by Helen Garner
How strange it is that in a city the size of Melbourne it is possible for two
people who have lived almost as sister and brother for five year …
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Meaning of "he used it to knit meaning into the mess of everything"
He believed in it, it sustained him, he used it to knit meaning into the mess of everything. He recited it in anecdotes told always in the same words. … Does "He believed in it, it sustained him, he used it to knit meaning into the mess of everything" mean "He believed the effect of past in his life and it gave him power to live and with the help of past …
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Meaning of "dawning way" and the use of "altogether" in the context below
This passage is from The Children's Bach by Helen Garner
Philip did not turn up with the car. This did not surprise Elizabeth. She took the bus to the airport. Vicki’s plane was late. Elizabeth walke …
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Meaning of "Now things can only get better" and "starry cold" in the passage below
Is "starry cold" used metaphorically, meaning: very cold? …
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Can "hollow" in "hollow as a Hopper painting" mean "meaningless and deceptive"?
One of the meanings of "hollow" is "without value, or not true or sincere"
Can we interpret the meaning of "Hollow" in this passage as "meaningless and deceptive"? … Can we interpret the meaning of "hollow" in the sentence "The café was still open, hollow as a Hopper painting behind the empty bus shelter" as "sad and deceptive"? …
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What does "exalted suffering" mean?
This passage is from The Children's Bach by Helen Garner
Spring came. In the mornings, when the first person opened the back door,
the whole bulk of air in the house shifted and warmed. Women sighed …
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Meaning of "God, the joy of her, the pleasure!"
This passage is from The Children's Bach by Helen Garner
Elizabeth used the presence of Vicki at her place as an excuse for sleeping nearly every night at Philip’s. He did not mind: he was not the ki …
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Meaning of "My finger burst like a sausage"
This passage is from The Children's Bach by Helen Garner
‘I got my hand jammed between two speaker boxes,’ said Philip. ‘My finger burst like a sausage.’
‘You know?’ said Vicki. ‘One of those horror …
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meaning of "they blurred into one another and were gone"
This passage is from The Children's Bach by Helen Garner
How fresh and pretty he looked, sitting at her piano in his clean white
shirt with the sleeves rolled up and the top button fastened! She said …
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