In lines 25-27,
theuses metaphors to compare Thebes, the city, to a ship and death to the
ocean that threatens her.He says, " For our city, as you yourself can see, / is badly
shakenshe cannot raise her head / above the depths of so much surging death."Ais a
comparison of two unalike things where one is said to be the other.Here, the word
"surging" to characterize death contains this part of the comparison, as death does
not literally surge, but ocean waves do, and when those ocean waves surge over a ship, the ship
sinks, just as the priest is figuratively concerned that Thebes will do if something is not done
to help correct her course. Later, in line 123,also refers to the "ship of state,"
meaning Thebes itself.
theuses metaphors to compare Thebes, the city, to a ship and death to the
ocean that threatens her.He says, " For our city, as you yourself can see, / is badly
shakenshe cannot raise her head / above the depths of so much surging death."Ais a
comparison of two unalike things where one is said to be the other.Here, the word
"surging" to characterize death contains this part of the comparison, as death does
not literally surge, but ocean waves do, and when those ocean waves surge over a ship, the ship
sinks, just as the priest is figuratively concerned that Thebes will do if something is not done
to help correct her course. Later, in line 123,also refers to the "ship of state,"
meaning Thebes itself.
Further, Creon reports
that Apollo has ordered them "to drive away / the polluting stain this land has
harboured--" (lines 113-114).By this, "polluting stain," Creon refers to the
person who is...
that Apollo has ordered them "to drive away / the polluting stain this land has
harboured--" (lines 113-114).By this, "polluting stain," Creon refers to the
person who is...
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