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Gotham, take control… take control of your city. Behold, the instrument of your liberation! Identify yourself to the world!
— Bane · The Dark Knight Rises
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker addresses a city and urges its people to seize power for themselves. Calling something the instrument of their liberation presents it as a tool of freedom, and demanding they identify themselves is a call to step forward openly.
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