The Changeling

by

Thomas Middleton and William Rowley

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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