A green beetle resting on an ivory pillow under a small grey blanket.

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Seth Brundle

I'm saying I'm an insect who dreamt he was a man and loved it. But now the dream is over and the insect is awake.

— The Fly

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

A striking image of waking up. The speaker compares their former life as a person to a pleasant dream had by an insect, and says the dream has now ended. It's a way of saying the true self is something else entirely.

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