The Lady with the Red Arms

This Prole woman is often seen hanging laundry and singing old songs outside Mr Charrington’s antiques shop. It is her open and wholly innocent attitude to existence that symbolises Winston’s hope in the Proles and their capability to affect positive change in society. Her singing directly mirrors the actions of Winston and Julia in running off to the countryside for privacy – at a surface level, they are only trying to find pleasure and express no ulterior motives.