... main characters eventual mortality that compels him to become one of the living. At the end of the story when Gabriel begins to cry, his tears are symbolic with the rebirth that is taking place inside of Gabriel. "Realizing his condition of death, Gabriel symbolically annunciates the new life through the salvation of Michael:" (Billigheimer 483) Gabriel: An Awakening to Mortality ... main characters eventual mortality that compels him to become one of the living. At the end of the story when Gabriel begins to cry, his tears are symbolic with the rebirth that is taking place inside of Ga...

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... "The sea of Faith/ Was once, too, at the full..." (21-22). The ocean affects his thoughts on this lack of faith and he gets into a melancholy mood. He views a rebirth of spirituality as land within the ocean of despair. "Ah, love, let us be true...To lie before us like a land of dreams..." (28-30). He sees humans as confused ... ...

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