Picnic at Hanging Rock
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All Themes Nature, Repression, and Colonialism Mystery and the Unknown Wealth and Class Gossip and Scandal
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All Characters Mrs. Appleyard Michael (Mike) Fitzhubert Albert Crundall Irma Leopold Mademoiselle Dianne de Poitiers Miranda Marion Quade Miss Greta McCraw Edith Horton Sara Waybourne Mrs. Cutler
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All Symbols Hanging Rock
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Picnic at Hanging Rock

by

Joan Lindsay
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Hanging Rock

The central symbol within Joan Lindsay’s Picnic at Hanging Rock is the titular Hanging Rock, which represents many things to many different characters: it is a symbol of colonialism’s evils; of nature’s retributive properties; and…

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