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Two Women by Frida Kahlo. Two native Mexican women sit together holding hands against dense tropical foliage. Their hearts are painted outside of their chests. The woman on the left holds a pair of forceps.

What do the forceps in the image above represent?

c.
the pain and suffering she suffered from a terrible accident
d.
her relationship with her father, who was a doctor

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c. the pain and suffering she suffered from a terrible accident.

The forceps are surgical instruments that evoke Kahlo’s many operations, medical treatment and ongoing physical (and emotional) pain after her bus accident — not a reference to a doctor father (her father was a photographer).