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What functions as a symbol in this excerpt?


Treated as rubbish now, he lay at last

upon a mass of dung before the gates—

manure of mules and cows, piled there until

fieldhands could spread it on the king's estate.

Abandoned there, and half destroyed with flies,

old Argus lay.


a mule

the king

Odysseus

Argus

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Kalahira

Argus became slave, as his master Odysseus was gone. He was neglected and maltreated but despite of these, he remain hopeful that he will see his master before he took his last breath. Moreover, the faithfulness and loyalty of the dog symbolizes the love and the simple relationship of Odysseus and Argus.

MrsTate

Argus

One way to look at this is to eliminate answers that aren't possible. The entire excerpt describes Argus. There is no mention of Odysseus, so that's wrong. There isn't actually a mule, just mule poop. So it's not mule. There isn't actually a king either, just his estate. So this is wrong too. The only actual thing in the excerpt is Argus. He symbolizes loyalty.

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