Themes Watership Down has been described as an allegory, with the labours of Hazel, Fiver, Bigwig, and Silver "mirror[ing] the timeless struggles between tyranny and freedom, reason and blind emotion, and the individual and the corporate state." Adams draws on classical heroic and quest themes from Homer and Virgil, creating a story with epic motifs.
Themes Watership Down has been described as an allegory with the labours of Hazel Fiver Bigwig and Silver "mirror[ing] the timeless struggles between tyranny and freedom reason and blind emotion and the individual and the corporate state" Adams draws on classical heroic and quest themes from Homer and Virgil creating a story with epic motifs