The Changeling

by

Thomas Middleton and William Rowley

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The Changeling Symbols

Eyes

Throughout The Changeling, eyes symbolize the fact that appearances can be misleading. Many of the characters use physical appearance as a gauge of personality: Alsemero, for example, thinks that the beautiful shape of…

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Diamonds

In The Changeling, a play filled with status-obsessed characters and precarious class hierarchies, diamonds symbolize the way that various people turn each other into commodities. When the servant DeFlores kills the wealthy Alonzo de

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