Oedipus the King- Metaphors
Date Submitted: 09/17/2004 21:17:27
Category: / Literature / World Literature
Length: 1 pages (310 words)
Category: / Literature / World Literature
Length: 1 pages (310 words)
"«Light versus Darkness
Knowledge is characterized as a burst of light which contrasts the darkness of ignorance.
At the beginning of the play, and towards the fourth episode, we notice the "darkness", the lack of knowledge that Oedipus has toward mostly everything that is surrounding him.
When Oedipus learns the truth, it "bursts" into light. The metaphor of light represents truth and knowledge.
"«Sight versus Blindness
A reference to this metaphor occurs early in the …
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…their door to hope"
What Creon is comparing here, is his ears to the citizens' door to hope, meaning that he has the kind of power that makes people hope to achieve something from their request that they submitted to Creon.
"«"You called me here, I never would have come"
Tiresias is actually trying to let him understand that Oedipus is the one who is pushing himself to the truth even though it's not favorable!!
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