- All's Well That Ends Well
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After a long period of suffering in the dungeon of Doubting Castle, Christian and Hopeful finally begin to pray in earnest. After a long night of prayer, Christian, who’d been in despair a short time ago, has a triumphant outburst: the key to release has been on his person the whole time. While the key is literal in the story (and its origin is not really explained), its bigger significance is symbolic—Christian failed to resort to the greatest resource in his possession, prayer, until it was almost too late. Bunyan’s audience is thereby encouraged to make prayer their priority when…