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Simoun’s Jewels
Simoun’s jewels, the main source of the mysterious foreigner’s power and influence, symbolize the corrupt, cynical nature of both colonial rule and the local elite in the Philippines. Simoun uses his jewels, as well…
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The Lamp
The ornate, pomegranate-shaped lamp that Simoun brings as a wedding gift for Juanito Peláez and Paulita Gómez, which secretly contains a bomb, symbolizes the simmering tension of the Philippines’ deeply unequal society, itself also…
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