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The Island (Characters (Agnes, Fishermen, Agnes' mother, Agnes'…
The Island
Characters
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Agnes' lover, the red headed boy
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Key Quotes
“In answer to the question of isolation, they told themselves they would get used to it”
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“Although her father’s will was strong his aging body seemed to contribute to a pattern of betrayal”
“She realised she was becoming more careless of her appearance and such carelessness was regarded as further evidence of eccentricity”
Themes
Death
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Before the establishment of the lighthouse, there were a number of wrecks
"Their skeletons had been found accidently by fishermen in the srping - huddled under trees or outcrops of rock in the positions of their deaths. Some still had the remains of their arms around one another. Some still with tattered, flapping clothes covering their bodies although the flesh between the clothing and the bones was no longer there"
Isolation
"In answer to the question of isolation, they told themselves they would get used to it"
"...coming...from a people in the far north of Scotland" they told themselves "they were already used to it"