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This tag is for questions about the meaning of a longer passage of English. A SPECIFIC CONCERN must be emphasized.

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"We are all just prisoners here, of our own device"

device here is a metaphor for "your own doing". so it means here that we become prisoners by our own thoughts and our own actions... hope that helps!
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