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Tag Archives: bird

Birds of a Feather

One of the biggest things from Wide Sargasso Sea that stuck out for me was the image of a bird trying desperately to escape a fire and the image of a woman gleefully embracing the fire like an old lover. The cycle of a phoenix is a common trope in some fantasy novels. It livesContinue reading “Birds of a Feather”

Posted bynrhelmsApril 30, 2021August 2, 2023Posted inArchived ProjectsTags:bird, fire, third project, Wide Sargasso Sea1 Comment on Birds of a Feather

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