Michael Strogoff
Duality also appears throughout the novel. Dana Amir points to the characters of the Arab "twins", the contrasting characters of the two Michaels – "Michael Gonen, the grey, reserved, submissive, dry-witted man contrasts with Michael Strogoff, the invincible hero of the inner world whose eyes are filled with blue metal" – and the contrasting character of Hannah herself – a "quiet, introverted student" as compared to "her dream-double: a princess who holds the strangers that humiliate her tight in her sadomasochistic grip". Doubleness extends to setting and dialogue, with clear divisions drawn between Hannah's inner and outer worlds.