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lukranit [14]
4 years ago
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Who is the “Amazon”? What type of historical knowledge does she represent? In the daughter of time by josephine Tey

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VladimirAG [237]4 years ago
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Answer:

The 'Amazon' is one of the two Alan Grant's nurses. Alan dubbed Nurse Daroll as the 'Amazon.'

She was dubbed so because Grant perceived her to have "arms like the limb of a beech tree.” She represents the historical knowledge of the Amazon, a goddess.

Explanation:

'The Daughter of Time' is a novel written by Josephine Tey. The novel is about detective Alan Grant, who is confined to bed and while being at hospital for recovery, studies the historical event of Richard III and suggests that he was not a murderer insted he was portrayed as such by Tudors.

'The Amazon' is dubbed name of Grant's one of the two nurses who attended him. Her real name is Nurse Darroll, a citizen of Gloucestershire. Other nurse who attended Grant was Nurse Ingham, whom he dubbed 'The Mid-get.'

He dubbed Nurse Darroll as The Amazon who was a goddess because she had <em>'arms like the limb of a beech tree.' </em>She symbolized the historical knowledge of goddess Amazon.

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