Dungeon



A dungeon is a room or cell in which prisoners are held, especially underground. Dungeons are generally associated with medieval castles, though their association with torture probably belongs more to the Renaissance period.

Quotes

 * A place you put people... to forget about 'em!
 * Hoggle, in Labyrinth (1986), screenplay by Terry Jones, story by Dennis Lee, Jim Henson; as quoted in; Carroll, Shiloh (Fall 2009). "The Heart of the Labyrinth: Reading Jim Henson's Labyrinth as a Modern Dream Vision". Mythlore. 28 (1-2): 109. ISSN 0146-9339.


 * Witness if you will a dungeon, made out of mountains, salt flats and sand that stretch to infinity. The dungeon has an inmate: James A. Corry. And this is his residence: a metal shack. An old touring car that squats in the sun and goes nowhere - for there is nowhere to go. For the record let it be known that James A. Corry is a convicted criminal placed in solitary confinement. Confinement in this case stretches as far as the eye can see, because this particular dungeon is on an asteroid nine million miles from the Earth. Now witness if you will a man's mind and body shrivelling in the sun, a man dying of loneliness.
 * Rod Serling, in "The Lonely", The Twilight Zone (1959–1965), written by Rod Serling, (November 13, 1959).