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Shadow & Bone tells the tale of a fantasy fiction world that is divided between those who have powers, the Grisha, and those who do not, the First Army. Shadow and Bone's second episode, "We're All Someone's Monster," uses symbols in order to represent the divide in society that race and class cause.

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Alina Starkov is the main character of this series. She once was an outcast orphan until one day her powers were revealed. No one thought the girl in the shadow would become the savior.

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Malyen Oretstev grew up with Alina in the orphanage and is her best friend. He is a trained tracker in the First Army.

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The use of symbolism in "We're All Someone's Monster" is between these two characters.

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Mal & Alina Scenes | 1080p Logoless | Shadow & Bone

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Watch timestamps 4:40-7:30

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Mal and Alina in three different scenes throughout the progression of this episode reach for each others hands. In the first scene, they hold onto each other. In the second, they are torn apart before they can touch. In the third, they are worlds away.

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The hand reach used throughout this episode symbolize the divide classism creates when Alina is announced as Grisha and Mal is First Army. There is a strong division between those who have powers and those who do not and now these two best friends are worlds apart.

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Alina now lives in the Little Palace with other Grisha.

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Mal remains at the First Army camp.

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The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo also uses hands as a symbol of a divide.

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Instead of the divide between God and man, "We're All Someone's Monster" uses the same symbol to represent the divide between human and human. One thing remains the same in both representations, one side has more power than the other.