The Mayor of Casterbridge

Can you please, tell me what the (bull) stands for in The Mayor of Casterbridge?

What the (bull) symbolizes for in the novel?

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The bull stands as a symbol of the brute forces that threaten human life. It is violent and deadly a force above the force of man that cannot be controlled by man.

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