Description

In order to best represent the meaning of this Irish song, the design uses the shape of the Ireland for Molly Malone’s body for it is the unofficial anthem of Ireland. Her breasts are gigantic to symbolize her promiscuousness and how she was considered a prostitute at night. To this day, tourists always take pictures of the statue grabbing her breasts. The line “singing cockles and mussels” is symbolized here with a microphone coming from the wheelbarrow to her mouth with cockles and mussels along the cord. The bonnet on her head is the type of headwear worn by women at that time. The lyrics chosen from the song to be incorporated into this design are “Alive Alive Oh”, which are made out of cockles and muscles. The color pink, the short dress for that time, and the lips with pink lipstick all represent Molly Malone’s promiscuousness.