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The Symbolism Of Water In Homer's The Odyssey

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Water is a method of transportation, and the essence of life. Water comes in the gas and liquid form. Water has the capacity to kill, and often in this story, death comes in the water or from the water.

Water is a dangerous force to be reckoned with in The Odyssey. Water has a part in why Ulysses didn’t get back to Ithaca for twenty years. The water currents, changed by the wind, made it so that he couldn’t get back. On page 18, a massive whirlpool was mentioned. The whirlpool was so big that you could see the bottom of the ocean from the surface. The whirlpool was in a strait, and Ulysses had to choose between the whirlpool and a monster.

Water is a very interesting character in The Odyssey. With the capacity to kill, prevent people

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