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Discuss the symbolic significance of the quarantine being unlocked.
The fact that the quarantine was not even locked serves as a metaphor for the fact that their blindness is their true prison.
This brings home the allegorical meaning of their blindness, as the ignorance that the blindness is a metaphor for persisted before they physically went blind and persists regardless of their physical condition. In this respect, their physical freedom is an ironic reminder of their continuing bondage not only to their physical blindness, but also their continuing ignorance and lack of reason.
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How does the other inmates' perception of the doctor's wife change in today's...
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