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The English Patient: Caravaggio
In Michael Ondaatje's novel, The English Patient, Caravaggio remains an enigmatic character who greatly influences each of the other characters as well as their complex inter-relationships. His role as a Canadian-Italian thief has ultimately engulfed his life by lies: "He [has] lived ....
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.... had abandoned her. Furthermore, the English patient is different from Hana's other patients; "There [is] something about him she [wants] to learn, grow into, and hide in, where she could turn away from being an adult" (52). At this point, Hana portrays the characteristics of a child. She portrays herself into the image of a vulnerable child, where she will gain the security and love from those around her. "She [needs] an uncle, a member of the family. She [needs] the father of the child"(85). This makes Caravaggio important to her because he ha ....
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