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What does the water symbolize in An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge?

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His fantasy of escape depends on the current of the stream, which pulls him to safety and tosses him ashore. In this sense, water literally provides our protagonist with freedom. Even before it saves his life, water is associated with freedom.

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