Nude Photos
Several times throughout Normal People, Connell and Marianne talk about nude photos, which come to symbolize the fraught power dynamics that can sometimes crop up in romantic relationships. When Connell and Marianne are unofficially…
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The Scholarship
The scholarship that both Marianne and Connell receive at Trinity College represents the subtle and mostly unacknowledged tension surrounding the differences in their economic backgrounds. Whereas the scholarship significantly changes Connell’s life by enabling him…
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