The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail

by

Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee

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The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail Symbols

The Cell Walls

The play is staged so that the walls that enclose Henry and Bailey in their cell are imaginary. There is an imaginary window in the back wall, and the beds sit up against the imaginary… read analysis of The Cell Walls