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The moonlight shows us for what we really are.
— Barbossa · Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
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An editorial interpretation.
The speaker claims that moonlight strips away disguise and shows people as they truly are. Under that pale light, on their view, nothing false remains, and each person's real nature stands exposed. It is a claim about revelation rather than a fact stated as established.
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