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So this is Hell. And there’s a crucifix in it.
— Armand · The Birdcage
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker looks around and declares the place Hell, then adds, with apparent wry surprise, that it contains a crucifix. The quip sets a symbol of faith inside a vision of damnation, so the remark reads as a bemused observation about how oddly that emblem turned up there.
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