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Vera Clayhorne's Tombstone Quotes

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Vera Claythorne’s tombstone represents her positive and negative sides of her. The first side of the tombstone has a rock and wave engraved on the top representing the crime she had committed, “A picture rose clearly before her mind. Cryil’s head, bobbing up and down, swimming to the rock.” she mentions not being able to save him in time. The epitaph “Blinded by love” represents the end of the book. “What was that hanging from the hook in the ceiling? A rope with a noose all ready? And a chair to stand upon- a chair that could be kicked away…. That was what Hugo wanted.” In this quote, Vera talks about what Hugo wanted. During the entire time up till her death, Vera was almost in a trance-like state. Almost blinded by what she wanted,

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