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This object symbolizes the way in which a good deed can be exploited for personal gain. This object is first presented to the Student by the Old Man, who tells him that this object will go far in helping the Student achieve his goals if he so chooses. The Student's reluctance to agree with the Old Man's assessment of the situation demonstrates the Student's integrity and the ways in which he differs from the Old Man, even at the beginning of the play's first act.

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This object symbolizes the Student's ability to interact with the spirit world due to his status as a Sunday child. At the beginning of Act I, the Student interacts with a Milkmaid when she allows him to borrow this object. Even the Milkmaid herself is stunned at the Student's ability to see and hear her, which causes her to briefly perplex...

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