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Justice of the Peace
The Werewolf
The werewolf, or “wild beast,” symbolizes Van Cheele’s—and society’s—limited ability to control or understand nature, and the consequent fear of the unknown this provokes. When Cunningham first tells Van Cheele that there is a…
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Light and Darkness
The boundary between light and darkness, or day and night, symbolizes the ambiguous, unknowable line between the social and natural categories that make up Van Cheele’s world. Van Cheele’s routines are precisely structured around the…
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