The Pearl

what do u understand by the phrase "two tower of darkness"?

The sun was behind them and their long shadows stalked ahead, and they seemed to carry two towers of darkness with them.

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"The narrator notes that as Kino and Juana reenter the town to dispose of the pearl, “the sun was behind them and their long shadows stalked ahead, and they seemed to carry two towers of darkness with them.” This image symbolizes Kino and Juana’s situation: their brightest days are behind them, and a dark patch of their own making lies ahead."

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(1) http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/pearl/section6.rhtml