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| "Girl Afraid" | |
The Collector | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| When Miranda is first abducted by Clegg, she cannot tell if his intentions are murderous, sexual, monetary, or merely romantic. After some time, it becomes apparent that Clegg has no intentions, except to keep Miranda for himself. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Girl afraid, where do his intentions lay? Or does he even have any? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| She said, "He never really looks at me. I give him every opportunity. In the room downstairs, he sat and stared....I'll never make that mistake again." | As time wears on, Miranda becomes increasingly bored. Clegg, overwhelmed by their class differences, finds it hard to look Miranda in the eye. He looks at her as a figure, but never as a person. Out of spite, then pity, Miranda tries to catch Clegg's interest and pique him sexually, but this only rouses disgust in him for her. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Boy afraid, prudence never pays. And everything she wants costs money. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| With all of the money at his disposal, Clegg finds he has nothing to do with it except to try and buy her devotion. With nothing to do but spend Clegg's money, Miranda seems to have only one interest-- To spend Clegg's money. Clegg soon comes to resent it. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| "But she doesn't even like me. And I know, because she said so." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Naturally, Miranda's honesty compels her to tell Clegg how she has no affection or liking for him. Clegg uses this as an excuse to not engage in feelings and emotions of a human kind. If Miranda doesn't like him, then Clegg reasons there is no reason to try and be likeable. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In the room downstairs, she sat and stared....I'll never make that mistake again. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Starved for human companionship, rejected and scorned by her captor, Miranda sinks into a withering depression. She becomes apathetic and unresponsive, trapped in her cellar room. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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