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rcrowley
rcrowley

What does the path symbolize in "Dead Men's Path"?

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Posted by rcrowley on Tuesday March 18, 2008 at 9:43 PM and tagged with dead men’s path, path, symbolism.

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  1. kwoo1213 Teacher
    College - Freshman

    eNotes Editor

    The path in "Dead Men's Path" represents:

    ...the path's historical and spiritual significance as the sacred link between the villagers, their dead ancestors, and the yet unborn. ("Dead Men's Path" Enotes)

    This path was vitally important to the villagers and held much symbolic importance, and because of their religious beliefs, was even more important.  Because the path was cordoned off by Obi, the villagers saw that as a blatant sign of disrespect and they took matters into their own hands.  Later, Obi was dismissed because of his blatant disregard for the villagers.

     

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    Posted by kwoo1213 on Wednesday March 19, 2008 at 2:43 PM

  2. flyangel
    flyangel Student
    Graduate School

    •  obi imposing modernization through bad approach resulted into conflict.the path is a very important part of the villagers beliefs and tradition,and one of the consequences of Obi's bloking the path is that the villagers cannot practice their beliefs anymore.

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    Posted by flyangel on Friday April 3, 2009 at 3:58 PM