QUOTE
TECHNIQUE
Noone gets into my room, let alone my bed,
without one. P1
I was part of the other world, though this
morning I felt decidedly part of theirs. P2
Alluding to juxtaposition
of classes in society
I was glad to know the old girls network was
still in force…
Subversion of
expectation
Studying science in the new wing and Latin in
the old P5
Symbolism
I spent four years getting an Arts degree. With
honours. P5
I saw the child I used to be. The girl too tall for
her age, the girl with no father, beg me with
the sad eyes of childhood
Flashback
At the centre of this group was a face that
could launch ships. P6
Literary allusion (to Dr
Faustus – Helen of
Troy)
There were roses and carnations. And there
was Lavender. P7
Allusion; symbolism
I rephrased the question so as to get an
answer that consisted of more than just ‘good’
and ‘bloke’.
EFFECT
First sign of her independence;
establishes she is in charge,
powerful
First time there is juxtaposition of
classes and areas of Sydney;
foreshadows her views on the
duality of Sydney yet to come
Generally known as ‘all boys
network’ or ‘old boys network’.
Subverts audience expectation of
gender roles in society
Latin is becoming an extinct subject
in Australian schools; like the ‘wing’
it too is being replaced by ‘new
things’ (science being relatively
‘new’) and constantly having new
scientific discoveries
Mirrors Marele Day’s own degree at
Sydney University
Shows her intelligence and higher
level of education. Foreshadows
that it is Sally who will (involuntarily)
begin the ‘war’ between Harry and
Mark;
Alluding to Harry Lavender –
FORESHADOWING.
The lavender symbolises Harry
Lavender and its presence is an
indication that he is involved
Demonstrates her resourcefulness
TYPE
Independent
Cynical
FUNCTION
Challenge expectations
of women; evoke sense
of power and control
Attempts to highlight a
disconnection with
mainstream society
Highlight the
resourcefulness and
connectedness of
women in the field
Witty
AUTHORIAL
VOICE
Reinforce CVs voice is
an extension of Day
Introspective
Reveals to the audience
CV is not as emotionless
as she appears or tries
to be
Challenge expectations
about women’s levels of
education
Intellectual
Intellectual
Determined
Reinforces that women
are ingenious, inventive,
quick-thinking
…sooner or later the debt collector would be
around, knocking hard on their bodies. P10
Pun, metaphor
I was working on the hair of the dog theory
and my little dog was the long-haired type.
P11
The last thing I remember before drifting to
sleep was the drowsy smell of lavender. P14
Idiom, cliché
…A couple of old girls…a group of old
blokes… P17
Colloquial language
…the centre pole of Sydney Tower that
dazzled the city with fool’s gold… P17
Metaphor; allusion;
Not quite the metropolis of New York but still it
took your breath away P17
…Darling Harbour where buildings with the
eyes gouged out had been demolished to
make way for ‘development’, for the men of
power to build monoliths to themselves P17
Comparison, cliché
The present annihilating the past and sweettalking the future P17
Personification,
Connotations, sombre
tone
The bus turned off the Expressway and into
the city’s pulsing heart P18
Personification,
metaphor
Symbolism
Metaphor
No one is invincible; no one can
escape death no matter how hard
you try.
Creates humour; establishes her
hard-drinking lifestyle
Pessimistic
Witty
Reinforces the
stereotype of HBD hard
lifestyle
Shiny particles that look like gold
but are worthless. Appearances
can be deceiving; Sydney looks
beautiful and shiny but that’s not
the reality;
Proclaiming her love for Sydney
Pessimistic,
cynical
Reveals a negative
attitude towards aspects
of Sydney
Romanticised
The buildings are phallic symbols of
power; the bigger the building, the
more powerful the man. CV is being
critical of the powerful men of the
city.
Eyes gouged out refers to the
demolishing of the soul as eyes are
considered the ‘windows to the
soul’ – thus the men have no souls
Sydney is in the midst of being
remade, reconstructed.
‘Annihilating’ creates connotations
of harsh deconstruction, flattening,
killing while ‘sweet-talking’ creates
connotations of bribery, falsity and
being fake
Metaphor for the CBD.
Sydney is coming alive and is
Sarcastic,
passiveaggressive
Reveals a passionate
side
Reinforce her hostility
towards men in power
and her hatred for
misogynist and
chauvinistic egocentric
men
The plant is symbolic of Harry
Lavender; foreshadows that
Lavender puts people ‘to sleep’
Claudia has a range of register
Pessimistic,
disillusioned
Question the morals of
the powerful people and
the direction of the city
Passionate,
ardent
Evoke sensory imagery
of Sydney; it’s alive
…they were lulled to sleep in their
subterranean beds… P18
Connotations, adjectival
imagery
‘Do you know how the heart works?’
In ways unfathomable. P20
Pun
Live fast, die young and leave a good-looking
corpse. The cliché had grown old and bitter.
P22
Cliché,
Steve Angell…with eyes like the pools you find
beneath waterfalls. It was all I could do to stop
myself taking off my clothes and diving in
P25
Simile, metaphor/pun
I saw…tantalising glimpses of a healthy pink
tongue P25
Innuendo
The head told the heart to get back in its box
and get on with business P25
Personification
One of the former and two of the latter. And
the former is former P27
My husband remarried: nice country girl,
content with what she’s got P27
Pun/ manipulation of
language
Double entendre
I wouldn’t be surprised if there were a few
hard edges, scar tissue, especially with the
kids… P28
Metaphor
I kept my eyes focussed, refusing to look back
Double entendre
another living, breathing character
Connotations of ‘subterranean’ infer
a hidden, secretive world below
Sydney; links with the idea of
facades
While the Dr is speaking literally,
CV is referring to her past
relationships and the emotional
stresses they have caused her
CV’s view on this cliché subverts
the hard-talking, fast-living
conventions of typical male hardboiled detectives.
Romanticised description of Steve
subverts the sexist language found
in traditional hard-boiled novels.
Claudia wants to jump right into a
sexual relationship with him
Demonstrating her sexual desire for
Steve based solely on physical
attraction
Represents her determination to cut
herself off emotionally and
persevere with the task at hand
(enthusiastic)
Sarcastic
Through word play she is declaring
herself divorced and single to Steve
Implies that the married life and
being a wife and mother was not
fulfilling for Claudia
Admitting it can be emotionally
difficult to not have her kids around
her; represents she is vulnerable
and receptive to hurt and pain
Witty
She is determined not to think
about what she once had; she is
certain of being a part-time carer to
Determined,
resilient,
Witty,
introspective,
vulnerable
Reveal her façade; her is
not as tough as her try to
perceive
Satirical,
sarcastic
Challenge the
expectations of the male
detective
Romantic,
bold,
Shock the audience;
challenge expectations
of female diction
Bold (erotic
mood
established)
Determined,
resilient
As above
Reinforce her tough
exterior; to comply with
the disconnectedness of
male counterparts
Reveals her detachment
Sarcastic
Introspective,
vulnerable,
reflective
Exposes the emotional
effects of the separation
from her children;
reveals her duplicity:
maternal AND tough
Challenges gender
stereotype
Maybe sometime you could tell me how the
heart works. The head, I know all about that,
but the heart and it’s motivations are infinitely
intriguing P28
Double entendre
If I was going to dive into those liquid pools, he
was going to get wet too P29
Extended metaphor
But hang on Claudia, I thought, you’ve dived in
before and found the waters murky and cold
Metaphor, inner
monologue
So pretty and so innocent, the façade of lights
covered a multitude of sins and one of those
sins was murder P30
Personification
My legs are my best weapon. If I’m close
enough I can do a karate kick that knocks
them flat. If I’m far enough away I run P30
Subversion
…I don’t carry a gun like some of my cowboy
colleagues P30
Adjectival imagery
If I don’t have one then I can’t use it and
conversely it can’t be used on me P30
There’s more than one way to skin a cat and
most of the time it’s not necessary to skin it.
Cliché, Idiom,
phraseology
her children
Referring to wanting to experiment
with making an emotional
connection to Steve Angell;
implying he could ‘fix’ her broken,
cold heart
They both have a lot to lose and
learn in relationships. CV could
prove to be dangerous for Steve –
she could break his heart easily
She has jumped into relationships
quickly before and realised it wasn’t
what she wanted or expected.
Represents the duality of Sydney;
on the surface it is beautiful and
innocent yet underneath there are
criminals doing hideous acts of
violence; you wouldn’t expect it
from looking at Sydney’s exterior
Highlights her conforming to and
challenging gender stereotypes:
typical feminine trait to detest
violence and weapons; subverts the
typical male hard-boiled detective
by refusing to use weapons that
can kill
Creates image of the male
detectives being rogue, careless
officers who use their weapons
before using their brains; implies
the men are only interested in
looking tough
Realistic – aware she could be
overpowered and have a weapon
used against her
Means: there is more than one way
to do something. Evident CV is
Introspective,
contemplative
Reveals that while she is
detatched/ disconnected,
she is open to possible
connections
Feisty, selfcynical
Reinforces she is tough
on herself and doesn’t
have belief in her
capability to have a
rltnship
Reveals her hesitant
nature
Introspective,
contemplative
Pessimistic,
realistic, cluey,
critical
Evoke imagery of the
dangers of Sydney and
create social
commentary on its
duplicitous nature
Witty,
reflective,
intelligent,
quick-thinking
Challenges and
conforms to gender
stereotypes
Feisty, critical,
sarcastic
Critique male
stereotypes &
generalised behaviours
Intelligent,
contemplative,
Reinforces her
intelligence and realistic
outlook on her gender
Reveals that she
complies to gender
Reflective,
contemplative.
People tend to talk more, be open with a
woman, less guarded, less wary. P31
Doors which in my childhood were left open all
night for summer breezes to waft through were
now bolted, alarmed and connected to a
security guard system. A sign of the times. P33
I was being tailed. I must have been doing
something right. P35
Flashback/reminiscence
Character from Murder, She Wrote flickered
across the TV screen… P35
Irony, foreshadowing
I trod the taut rope, careful not to lean one way
or the other P37
Metaphor
I refrained from reminding her that the old
don’t have a monopoly on loneliness
I walked right past the Daimler and examined
the bottom of my shoe for dog shit…there
wasn’t any, but that didn’t stop me from going
through the motions of wiping it off P46
Variable, she blew hot and cold like a moody
child…Sydney was…not so high, not so dying,
only sick sometimes… P47
It is only money. Everything has a price. P47
Personification
Double entendre
resourceful and doesn’t need to
prove herself – this differentiates
herself from male counterparts.
Uses her gender to her advantage,
is willing to let people think she is
weak
Links with ‘the present annihilating
the past’ – Sydney is evolving and it
is now not safe
Cluey,
persevering,
Cunning
stereotype as she has
recognised its
usefulness to her
Nostalgic,
reflective,
contemplative
To question the
changing nature of
society
First indication her investigation
was not a waste. Shows she is
sharp.
Foreshadows that Mrs Levack will
provide clues after investigating
and deducing clues like a female
sleuth
By not intervening in a domestic
argument demonstrates CV is
smart, perceptive, clear-headed.
Another example of Claudia
admitting she is not as tough and
as unbreakable as she appears to
be or tries to be
Intelligent,
observant
Complies with female
detective stereotype of
deducing through clues
Cluey,
Reveals for her careful
and considerate nature
Vulnerable
CV is resourceful, quick-thinking –
wanting to see if it was her or the
car being followed
Cunning
Exposes her vulnerability
& reveals her
susceptibility to
emotional anguish &
pain
Reinforces her
resourcefulness and
ability to think quick
Sydney is being described as a
character. Imagery of a child to
demonstrate there is some
innocence to Sydney; ‘only sick
sometimes’ to indicate it is not a
completely vicious and corrupt city
– only some parts
Everyone and everything can be
bought; indicating that the powerful
Witty,
contemplative,
Evokes imagery of the
city, makes social
commentary on the
nature of the city
Cynical,
disillusioned
To question the morals
and ethics of the people
criminals has the government and
police in their pocket; they were
able to be bribed
Willing to stand up to men; sarcasm
used to cut the ‘alpha male’s’
confidence; shows she is in charge
Witty, feisty,
sarcastic,
aggressive
of Sydney; questions the
manipulative nature of
society
Reinforces her stoicism
and challenges gender
stereotypes; critical of
male stereotypes
Reinforces both her
intelligence and her
introspective nature; she
reflects on the idioms of
typical hard boiled
detectives
Present tense ‘wanted’
reveals her previous
optimistic perspective
has been corrupted and
reimaged to one of
disillusionment
Exposes her sexually
liberated nature, reveals
she has been in many
(physical) relationships
No thanks. Smart arses aren’t my style’. I
turned my back on him and walked away. P48
Sarcastic vernacular
Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, but to be
young was very heaven P49
Literary allusion
Ability to recall lines from William
Wordsworth poem is a reflection of
her high level of education
Intellectual,
reflective,
contemplative
I’d wanted the dawn to last forever P49
Metaphor
Disillusioned,
realistic
Robbie: ‘I’ve got quite a thirst…’
I grinned back ruefully, too chicken to tell him
I’d drunk that fountain dry P50
Metaphor; double
entendre
Dawn is representative of light,
something new. She wanted life to
always be happy and positive, but
she knew darkness would
eventually come – literally and
figuratively.
Robbie is sexually attracted to CV.
She has had too many relationships
with younger men and does not
want another.
*p51 – CV describes the setting of a hit years
before. Harry Lavender describes him killing
the punk in a later chapter.
CV: “You put it away Otto, you don’t know
where it’s been”
Otto: “That’s the trouble…it hasn’t been
anywhere lately” P53
Parallel narrative
Witty, feisty,
Challenges gender
expectations
He went over the whole body…caressing it
with his little gadget, paying particular
attention to the smooth, round curves of the
rear-end P53
Sexualised language
Indicates Claudia is a sexual
person with a ‘dirty mind’; this
complies with the stereotype of
male language and subverts the
expectations of how ‘ladies’ speak.
Indicative of her sexual nature;
compounds the previous line about
‘where it’s been’
Bold
Indicates a power struggle between
the two females.
Observational,
intellectual
Confronts the audiences
and shocks them –
challenges expectations
of how women would
describe car mechanics
Highlights the tension
between the two women
She sat on the edge of a lounge chair,
obviously knowing the territory and the
Sexual innuendo
Witty, bold,
reflective
psychological advantages…I was almost lying
down P53
The conversation wasn’t supposed to go like
this. She was supposed to soften and open
up. P56
Repetition
She let me out and I walked the million steps
back into the real world P57
Hyperbole
The unpredictable child had started off sunny,
then clouds had frowned across her forehead.
She’d sulked all day and finally burst into a
fitful rain. P59
…we were going to change the world. Blow it
up…when Carol got recruited everything
changed. She was going to chip away at the
structure rather than blow it up…nothing had
changed P62
Personification
The whole thing was too embryonic to have a
miscarriage of justice at this early stage P64
Metaphor, dark, cynical
tone
I park the rented LTD, donned a blonde wig,
and a pair of dark glasses, and walked round
into the video arcade.
Allusion, symbolism
Here very few suits walked by, but up the
other end of town – Macquarie Street that the
Premier looked over, the barrister’s chambers,
the Opera House and Art Gallery – it was
nothing but suits.
Contrast, symbolism
Up there was the Strand Arcade, camembert
Metaphor, critical tone
and reveals that Sally
will be an adversary of
CV
Highlights CV’s shock at
finding her sex/gender
will not be advantageous
as it normally would be
Reinforces her opinions
of the class difference in
Sydney
Claudia has taken advantage of the
fact most people open up to a
woman; indicates Sally will be an
opposition and a challenge for CV
Emphasises the vast differences
between the classes of Sydney;
links to the duality of Sydney
Describing the weather of Sydney;
personification creates strong
imagery of the tumultuous day
Disillusioned,
contemplative
Signifies that the realities of
expectations of gender roles
affected their goals and ambitions;
Carol has realised that it’s a ‘man’s
world’ and she needs to be implicit
and passive rather than
domineering
Metaphor of miscarriage links to the
death of Mark Banister
Cynical,
disillusioned
Critiques and reveals her
disgust of the passive
behaviours of women in
male-dominated roles
Cynical
Shocks and confronts
the audience as she
challenges gender
expectations by
graphically using idea of
miscarriage
Cynical,
pessimistic
Reveals her opinion of
the façade of Sydney
Complying with expectations of
hard boiled genre; wig and glasses
are symbolic of typical disguises in
crime fiction texts
Highlighting the differentiation
between classes in society.
Cynical
Witty
and salad greens on rye. Down here it was
hamburger and chips P69
All quiet on the western front P72
My palms started sweating. The dry mouth
came next and a strong desire to go to the
toilet. Now I fully understood the significance
of the expression ‘rooted to the spot’.
My veins filled with adrenalin. Lots of it…One
more second. One more centimetre. P74
Accumulation of
physical responses to
fear, humour
Alludes to the novel (and
subsequent film) of the same name.
It describes German soldier’s
extreme physical and mental stress
during WWI. Symbolic of the
stressful situation CV has gotten
herself into
Humorously represents CV’s fear at
being discovered at the container
yard
Repetition, truncated
sentences
Builds tension as the action builds
to a climax
With one kick both the torch and the gun went
flying…rapid punches: head, solar plexus,
abdomen…I kicked it out of reach P74
Truncated sentences,
repetition, accumulation
of physical self-defence
moves
Metaphor
Creates tension, conveys the
strength of CV and her skills at
martial arts
Conveys CV doesn’t want to be
alone; the fearful moment has had
an emotional effect on her
Vulnerable
‘I’ll slip into something a little more
comfortable’, Like your bed. P79
Double entendre
Bold, witty
So his wings were tarnished P80
Metaphor
‘It’s a question of money, that’s all’.
‘That’s all it ever is, isn’t it?’ I said grimly.
Double entendre
Establishes her attraction to Steve
and her willingness to move the
relationship along to the next
physical level
Indicates she has realised he is not
the perfect ‘angel’ she thought he
was
While he is referring to patients
saving money, CV is referring to
corruption and bribery; everyone
can be bought – everyone has a
price.
I didn’t feel like going home and licking my
wounds alone
Allusion
Witty
Intellectual
Reveals her dry sense of
humour and reinforces
her education (well read)
Witty
Vulnerable
Reinforces CV is
susceptible to fear and
reveals her façade; not
as tough as she appears
Powerful,
persevering,
determined
Powerful
Cynical,
disillusioned,
sarcastic
Emphasises her strength
and highlights the power
she is capable of
Exposes her vulnerable
side and her need to feel
a connections;
contradicts her
statements about being
isolated and detached
Challenges gender
stereotypes
Questions the ethics and
morals of society and the
power of wealth
We had watched the dawn spread its colours
like some shy, elusive bird, watched the city
come alive with it P84
Simile, personification
Creates strong, positive imagery of
the dawn awakening Sydney to
create a romantic atmosphere
Optimistic
Whose Valentine was I now?
Pun
Creates a humorous tone which
contradicts the dangerous threat of
someone entering her home
CV has finally learnt that Harry
Lavender is involved in the case;
indicates to her, his name creates
feeling of tension and unrest
Creates imagery of HL being
dangerous and implies he is
responsible for many deaths
Ironic that cancer is killing Harry
Lavender; CV described him as
cancer, infecting and killing Sydney
CV is beginning to question why
she has not been harmed when it’s
obvious she is being followed and
she is on the right track at believing
Mark’s death was murder
Indicates CV knows she is in
danger; everything is happening
around her.
This passage reveals the
connection between Claudia, her
father, and Harry Lavender
Brian is warning Claudia from any
further investigations; reveals
Lavender is dangerous and will
always win
Knowing she is in danger and
flashing back to her childhood when
Harry Lavender threatened her
father’s family (being HER), Claudia
Questioning
P86
Lavender. Instead of remedying giddiness and
faintness it was causing it P86
Allusion
Harry Lavender. Every person living and
breathing, and many that were dead, knew the
name of that cancerous growth… P86
Some sort of poetic justice. His own rot killing
him. P91
Metaphor
Why were they still intact? There’d been plenty
of breaking opportunities… P92
Rhetorical question
Trouble was swirling around me…I was the
centre of it, the eye of the storm, the private
eye, of the storm
There’d been phone calls…Do you know what
it’s like?
Personification, pun
‘…He’s always one step ahead of the game.
You wouldn’t get to the end of the first round
with Lavender’ P95
Metaphor
‘I’d like to talk to them’. To hear their voices, to
know my flesh and blood was safe. My babies.
…Hold them to your heart and never let them
go P98
Metaphor, irony
Flashback
Pessimistic,
fearful
Reveals her positive
side, opens the
possibility for her
breaking her cynicism
and creating a more
optimistic attitude to life
Queries her role in the
investigations
Exposes her vulnerability
and reveals her stoicism
is a façade
Disillusioned
Reveals one half of the
dualities of Claudia: her
maternal instincts;
I was standing on the edge of the blue light
teetering, shot up, overdosed, the ganglia
overloaded and the circuits shorting P99
Metaphor, allusions,
jargon
…beneath the mask of makeup she could
have been anybody’s daughter P102
…the signposts of the city’s history and mine
were being effaced… P109
Everything stank of Lavender. P110
Foreshadowing
The city was highly strung, a girl like Sally, a
beautiful, made-up face, a sophisticated child,
cool and crying and laughing all in the one
breath, a liar, a tease P110
I knew why people retched and gagged.
Because there were some things you couldn’t
stomach. Why the yes streamed. Because you
couldn’t hold it in. Why they raved and ranted
and went mad. Because the message to the
computer in the skull was just too much and
the system revolted P112
…Lucifer was once an angel… P113
Personification, simile
I could never understand how Phillip Marlowe
and those guys, from one end of the story to
the other, got shot, beaten up, and sometimes
laid, without ever going to bed P131
Every breath I took reeked of Lavender P139
Allusion, irony, humour
becomes aware he may do the
same to her family.
Represents how on edge CV feels
finally knowing Harry Lavender is
connected to the case; ‘shot up’
‘overdosed’ link to the drug trade
HL is in and how Mark Bannister
died; ‘circuits shorting’ links to the
final passage of HL where he
compares himself to a motherboard
We eventually learn she is another
man’s daughter: HL’s
Metaphor
Metaphor
Capitalisation of L indicates it’s the
proper noun – HL. Creates imagery
of Lavender being omniscient –
everywhere in Sydney, figuratively.
Compares Sydney to Sally
revealing BOTH have facades, very
nervous, easily upset
Metaphor, technical
jargon
CV’s reaction to the news of
Robbie’s death is emotional
anguish and she begins
contemplating human emotions
Biblical allusion, pun
Lucifer is the devil who was once
an angel; Pun reveals CV now
believes Steve Angell is dangerous
Ironically questions and challenges
the stereotypes of the typical HBD
genre protagonists and the
unrealistic plot conventions
Creates imagery of the profound
effect HL is having on CV’s life; he
Metaphor
I’m about as curious as a bomb disposal
squad P142
Simile
I had been caught up in his maze, looking for
the piece of cheese P143
Metaphor
That symbol for Cancer has eaten my
heart…my fast and future obliterated P143
Symbolism
Returned his service. All I had to do now was
keep the volley going and never let the ball fall
on the ground P144
The lights were on in Harry Lavender’s city
P145
Sport jargon, metaphor
Cold hard bitch, cold hard monster…cold hard
renunciation P151
My eyes dropped…to where my stomach
should have been. My insides curdled and all
of time eclipsed into the barrel of the gun she
had aimed at my naval
My legs went into action… P153
Repetition
The policewomen shifted uncomfortably in
their big shoes P160
Metaphor
Adjectival imagery
Recurring motif
is consuming all of her time and
energy
Highlights to utter fear CV is feeling
as she is about to enter HL’s
computer system
Alluding to her being the mouse in
a maze where scientists watch on
to test whether the mouse can find
the ‘prize’ at the end; Claudia is the
mouse and the cheese represents
the manuscript HL is trying to find
The crab is the symbol for the
astrological sign of Cancer and
represents HL; the crabs eating the
heart (links to Valentine) represent
HL killing CV. ‘Past’ and ‘future’
quote links with previous quotes
about the history and the future of
Sydney
To win, CV must not cower, but
instead match all of HL’s threats
Represents she has conceded and
accepted that HL is omniscient; he
‘owns’ Sydney
Represents the touch exterior of CV
‘dropped’ and ‘curdled’ create
imagery of CV’s nervous system
and indicate the anxiety and fear
she is feeling in that moment
Reiterates her earlier statements
about her legs being her best
weapon
‘big shoes’ symbolises big roles;
the female officers have a difficult
job trying to ‘keep up’ with their
male counterparts
Sarcastic,
disillusioned,
I had a lump of steel where the heart should
be…I had done my job, right to the bitter
end….The Amazon. No breast, no heart
Metaphor, allusion
Indicates she has closed herself off
emotionally and shut everyone out
of her life. Amazon reference
represents she was willing to cut off
anyone and everything who will get
in her way; indicates she has made
sacrifices
I…stood at the window, looking at the city
herself. Her far horizons, her jewelled sea, her
beauty and her terror P168
Literary allusion,
personification
Reference to Mackellar’s ‘My Country’
not only shows her levels of education,
but compounds with the personification
CV uses and highlights the facades CV
mentions numerous times