Symbolism In Big Fish

In the film Big Fish directed by Tim Burton water is a big, if not the biggest symbol in the entire film. Water symbolizes life, healing, and the flow of time.
This is shown near the beginning of the story when Will talks to his dad in his room, where you can explicitly see a picture of the ocean containing water. The painting can be interpreted to show that Edward still has life in him or to symbolise that he needs life. After the talk Edward asks for a glass of water, this is equivalent to him asking Will to give him life. Furthermore this idea is expressed in the Callaway circus when Amos the ring leader turns into a “werewolf”. Afterwards when he turns back there is a big lake behind him showing that even evil can be changed to heros bey