

In the show, the box and apple motifs reoccur throughout Mawaru Penguindrum.

What are the significance the two? Does it tie into the plot in any way?

![Apples](https://i.stack.imgur.com/nWtM6.png)


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What is the significance behind the apples and boxes?


I haven't seen it myself, but apples can often symbolize sexuality, temptation
("forbidden fruit") , fertility ("bearing fruit" as in your screenshot).

Connections can also be made to the stories of Adam & Eve and Sleeping Beauty.

The circular shape of an apple can also be a depiction of loops, or eternity -
which is what it appears to be in Penguindrum:

> It is revealed in the finale that the apple is a metaphor for the
> Penguindrum, which seems to be Kanba's life, shared between the three
> siblings

([TVTropes](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Anime/MawaruPenguindrum))

[This article is more indepth about the apples in
Penguindrum](http://snippettee.wordpress.com/2011/11/27/afterthoughts-on-
mawaru-penguindrum-apples-and-its-symbolisms/ "External Link")


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