The moon has two sides, the side that is always illuminated by the sun, and the side that we see, and then there is the dark side; cast forever into shadow, never to see the earth, nor to be seen by the earth. Similar to the Moon, humans are never just one sided but are multifaceted. The character of Salomé has many different sides, and even more than those seen by the characters in the play, although all the characters see Salomé in the moon. Herod originally only sees Salome as a beautiful, erotic creature, but when she demands the Prophet's head, he sees the corruption in her. He then realizes: “It is only in mirrors that it is good to look, because mirrors only show us masks. » However, the moon acts as a mirror for Salomé, reflecting a different mask to each character. The Page of Herodias was very worried about his friend Narraboth and where his gaze fell. He continually tells him not to look at Salome, because he looks at her too much, and he prophesies that "something terrible might happen" if he continued to look at her that way (Wilde 393). Herodias's page sees the danger both in his friend's gaze toward Salomé and in the moon. He saw in the moon that “she was looking for dead things” (Wilde 393). The moon searched for dead things and dead things were brought back, in the form of Narraboth's suicide. However, Narraboth was not the only death that occurred; there was also the death of the Prophet. Even if Salomé did not seek the Syrian's death, she is the cause. The death of the Prophet, however, was sought by Salome, because she had ordered it. Once the Prophet died, she ordered his head to be brought to her. Herodias's page had not only seen Salome's danger, but he had prophesied the Prophet's demise. After the death of ...... middle of paper ...... the clouds sought to cover her. This shows a change in Salome from being a chaste virgin to seeking the love of the Prophet. To join the prophet, she will dance for Herod until all the veils that cover her disappear. Before she dances, the moon turns red as blood, as the Prophet predicted, signifying Salome's corruption. Salome realizes the corruption and declares to the decapitated head of the prophet: “I was a princess, and you despised me. I was a virgin, and you took away my virginity. I was chaste, and you filled my veins with fire” (428). The moon is the mirror of Salomé's corruption. A mask suggests that something is hidden from view, which can be dangerous. Most of the characters in Salome were blinded by what they saw in Salome, whether it was love, sexual desire, or normalcy, because they were unable to see the entirety of her being..