Cemetery

The cemetery symbolizes a sacred repository for untold stories and forgotten histories. It serves as a metaphorical resting place where characters deposit their unspoken narratives, unresolved emotions, and silenced truths. By narrating their stories aloud to gain entry, characters confront their pasts and confront the consequences of their actions. When the manuscripts themselves also begin to speak, the cemetery becomes a threshold between the visible and the hidden, where secrets are laid bare and memories are honored. It embodies the power of storytelling to preserve legacies, acknowledge pain, and reconcile with the complexities of personal and collective histories.

Intercom

The intercom at the entrance to the cemetery symbolizes the oral tradition of storytelling, emphasizing the power of spoken narratives over written ones. It becomes Filomena's key to gaining entry into the cemetery, highlighting how her ability to orally recount stories aligns with the cemetery's purpose of...