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Symbolism is used on different occasions throughout the play.
When Viola is reunited with her twin brother, Antonio describes them, An cleft in two is not more / Than these two creatures. (V.1.207–8)
An cleft in two is not more / Than these two creatures.
In Platonic terms, why is this a particularly appropriate symbol if we think of their reunion as a ‘union of souls’ rather than two separate people with their own separate identities?