The Old Man and the Sea hemingway uses the marlin and the shovel-nosed sharks as symbols what do the sharks symbolize? /. Asked by meg d #260167 on 7/31/2012 6:22 PM Last updated by Aslan on 7/31/2012 6:25 PM
The sharks could represent those who would tear apart anyone's successes. They are the fate and destiny of man to fail.