(Miranda in Malaysia) Chapter 41 Elizabeth ColtonĪrthur’s second wife and the mother of his son, Tyler, appears as unexpectedly to the reader as she does to Arthur’s first wife, Miranda. She wanted to speak to him, but speaking would take too much strength, so she looked at him instead-I see you, I see you-and hoped this was enough. ‘It’s mine.’ (Miranda) Chapter 14Ī man was curled on his side near the elevators, shivering. ‘You don’t have to understand it,’ she said. ‘You’re always half on Station Eleven,’ Pablo said during a fight a week or so ago, ‘and I don’t even understand your project. ‘I’d prefer not to think that I’m following a script,’ Miranda says. Her legacy, unlike Arthur’s tabloid snaps, is a piece of art that inspires and changes lives. Despite her abusive boyfriend and unfaithful husband she has kept her creative spirit alive she has created. Miranda is portrayed as a survivor even though she will not beat the pandemic. The scene is linked to Dr Eleven and the final scenes when Kirsten and Clark gaze at the lights. Miranda is stranded in Singapore as the pandemic hits and spends her final moments looking out at the lights of the ships on the bay like a character from her novel. Miranda works meticulously on her artistic endeavour, truly for the sake of art itself, commenting that it does not matter if anyone ever sees the finished work. Clark recognises one of these scenes decades later as Kirsten surrenders a copy of Dr Eleven to the museum. She steals scenes from life and uses them as her inspiration. Concurrently, she works on a graphic novel which in many ways becomes autobiographical. As Arthur’s fame increases and he becomes less interested in Miranda, Miranda embraces the inevitable and returns to the shipping job that she enjoys more than she often admits. After Miranda leaves her abusive artist boyfriend, Arthur steps in and they begin a sincere relationship. Chapter 42 Miranda CarrollĪrthur’s first wife is young and, like Arthur, originates from Delano Island. When Arthur collapsed onstage, someone from the audience had performed CPR, the obituary said, but that audience member remained unidentified. A life summed up in a series of failed marriages-Miranda, Elizabeth, Lydia-and a son, whose present absorption in his handheld Nintendo was absolute. Noted film and stage actor, dead at fifty-one. ‘Well, it’s nice that at least the celebrity gossip survived.’ (Kirsten) Chapter 38 After that, we want to be remembered.’ (Frank) Chapter 34 First we only want to be seen, but once we’re seen, that’s not enough anymore. ‘I’ve been thinking about immortality lately. ‘I prefer you with a crown.’ (Miranda) Chapter 15 They drank for a few more minutes and then went their separate ways in the storm. In the lobby, the people gathered at the bar clinked their glasses together. Arthur leaves behind three wives, Miranda, Elizabeth and Lydia, as well as a son, Tyler. His legacy is a book of sad confessions and tabloid clippings indicating a futile desire for fame over artistic endeavour and contrasts Kirsten’s unquenchable passion for the latter. Arthur is obviously the central point for the novel but does not survive the apocalypse. Much like Lear, he travels and craves superficial flattery, love and affection at the expense of a deep relationship with one person. Akin to his King Lear character who divided his kingdom across his three daughters, Arthur’s life is divided across his three wives. He infrequently acknowledges the value of true art in that having watched Miranda devote time to each single frame of her graphic novel he is then able to hand such a labour of love over to a child. Arthur appears to reach a contemplative point and vows to make changes but death intercedes and Arthur dies a victim of his own fame.Īrthur’s acting starts as a passion but is lost in the world of tabloid reporting and fame. Clark also acknowledges Arthur’s disrespectful treatment of Miranda when he brings his new love interest to a dinner party he and Miranda host. His deteriorating friendship with Clark is symbolic of this when Clark notices Arthur no longer converses with him in the usual manner but appears to be performing. A complex character, Arthur seems caring and thoughtful at times but his string of relationships and insensitive transitioning between partners reveals the negative influence of his fame. The pivotal character in the novel was born in Canada but found success in Hollywood.
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