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The Sea
The sea is often used to symbolize Rodrigues’s perception of God, particularly in its silence, its “unchanging expressions” and the destruction it can wreak. When God fails to speak to Rodrigues in midst of…
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Christ’s Face
Rodrigues’s changing perception of Christ’s face represents his perception of Christ as both a persecuted human figure and as his Lord. When Rodrigues is naïve, convinced of the purity of his mission to Japan…
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