![]() ![]() He wants to be a better person than his father. I think the fact that Cromwell had such a difficult relationship with his father encourages him to get away and prove himself. How has Cromwell’s upbringing influenced him to become the shrewd and ambitious man that he is? What is the significance of Cromwell refusing to adopt the coat of arms belonging to a noble Cromwell family even as he widens the chasm between his father and himself? How does Cromwell view family and how is it different from his own experience growing up? However, this could also foreshadow what is to come for Cromwell when he becomes one of the hens, along with the rest of the reformist party, and they are attacked by the foxes (the conservative faction).Ģ. In the case of the fall of Anne Boleyn the fox represents Cromwell, and the hens are Anne and her faction who are brought down. Possibly this is a sense of what is to come – the intelligent and ambitious Anne Boleyn losing awareness of her position as queen and what it relies on (Henry VIII’s love) and ending up being beheaded on the orders of her husband, the king. Hawks tend to symbolise awareness, intelligence and a regal bearing. ‘Bring Up the Bodies’ by Hilary Mantel (2012). What is the significance of these animals and what do they symbolise? In the same manner, the novel closes off with an image of a fox attacking a hen coop. The novel starts off with a description of hawks soaring in the sky and swooping in to slaughter their prey. ![]()
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