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Max’s Cane
Max’s cane (referred to in the play as his “stick”) represents his sense of masculinity and the loss of power he experiences in his old age as he becomes less essential to the household…
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Cigars and Cigarettes
Cigars and cigarettes represent the men’s sense of masculinity. Throughout the play, cigarettes or cigars, with their vaguely phallic shape, appear in scenes in which characters are trying to convey their own masculinity or undermine…
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Chair
Throughout the play, chairs represent power. The symbol first appears in the play’s opening scene between Max and Lenny, during which Max remains seated in his chair in the house’s main room. The chair…
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