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The miners are a pair of friends who attempt to force sex on Charlotte when she spends the night in Tunbridge. Though they initially appear harmless, Charlotte eventually realizes that their double act, which allows them to overpower women, is something that they attempt often. Their misogyny is clear not only through this strategy but in their reaction to Charlotte; they quickly switch from desiring her sexually to considering her a “whore”. Their attitudes highlight the sexist double standards prevalent in western society—standards that demand women to desire the sexual advances of men while also punishing them for that desire.
The Miners Quotes in Flames
The Flames quotes below are all either spoken by The Miners or refer to The Miners. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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I could’ve gone over, shown them my photo of the McAllister girl and tried to sweet-talk the information out of them, but my gut told me they wouldn’t give me anything. The boorish looks on their faces told me something else. I didn’t like it, but I knew I could handle it.
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The Miners Character Timeline in Flames
The timeline below shows where the character The Miners appears in Flames. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Sky
...upon seeing her comfortable hotel room. At the pub, she listens to a pair of miners a few chairs away muttering to each other while sneaking looks at her. Charlotte begins...
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The miners notice Charlotte eavesdropping and move to sit next to her. She relaxes in their company....
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The next day, Charlotte, hungover, continues south on the repaired bus. The miners’ faces fade from her memory. In this season, the landscape should be lush and green,...
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Ice
...She waits outside the pub until two men arrive who match the description of the miners in Charlotte’s file. After a few moments, the detective follows them into the pub. People...
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The detective finds it annoyingly easy to get the miners to talk. When they start talking about their fathers, she’s tempted to give up the...
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The miners tell the detective that the girl (Charlotte) had wanted to know about Melaleuca and that...
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