Symbols, Imagery, Allegory
In the Prologue, Henrik Vanger, and Detective Inspector Gustaf Morell are given a clue that Harriet now lives in Australia. Just like every year since Harriet's been gone, Henrik gets a flower in t...
Setting
Break out the "herring and the aquavit" (1.52), the bacon pancakes, and, of course, Salander's staple, Billy's Pan Pizza (14.7). We're going to Stockholm, Sweden, kids! We're also taking a side tri...
What's Up With the Title?
Lisbeth Salander, our brilliant private investigator-hacker-vigilante, is – yes – the girl with the dragon tattoo. Said tattoo resides on "her left shoulder blade" (2.16). As noted in o...
What's Up With the Epigraph?
Eighteen percent of the women in Sweden have at one time been threatened by a man.Forty six percent of the women in Sweden have been subjected to violence by a man.Thirteen percent of the women in...
What's Up With the Ending?
Three main things happen in the ending. Two of them involve revenge on diabolical financier Hans-Erik Wennerström, and the other involves love and heartbreak. Some readers and reviewers find t...