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Santiago Symbolism

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One symbol associated with the costumes is on the bottom of Cheches shoe. Santiago carved into the bottom of the shoe it made the shoe worth more than before. The shoe symbolized Santiago’s gambling and drinking addiction. It also symbolized his promise to his bother to pay him back even if it meant he got the factory. Another symbol associated with the costuming is the red dress Ofelia describes. It symbolizes her becoming a woman and starting to make her own decisions. Her mother was against her posing for a cigar brand but Ofelia made her own choice to pose in the symbolic red dress with a red carnation behind her ear. A smaller example of symbolic clothing is when Conchita wears a paisley dress to the party for the new cigar brand. Paisleys

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