Enduring Difficulty to Achieve
In scene 7, the little monk tells Galileo about his concern for his family not being able to handle the truth of astronomy or ready to being doubting things, and Galileo starts to talk about the theme of enduring difficulty and change. The play argues that people must be willing to go through difficulty by mocking the little monk’s family and anyone who is similar, using the oyster metaphor as a representation of sacrifice, and by using rhetorical questions to suggest that venturing into new, but risky, territories are necessary for discoveries.
Though religion is portrayed to be valuable, the people who wouldn’t be able to handle that the Earth orbits the sun are mocked and are accused to be living lives with no achievements. The little monk tells Galileo that his family does “not come from the great …show more content…
The process of the oyster making the pearl is a metaphor for the sacrifice and endurance needed to make achievements. The “jagged grain of sand” that “makes its way into an oyster’s shell” represents an opportunity (Brecht 84). The slime the “oyster exudes” to “cover the grain of sand” that “eventually hardens into a pearl” that “makes [the oyster’s] life unbearable” represents risk (Brecht 84). Since the oyster exudes the slime itself, it shows that the making of the pearl is a choice that the oyster makes, despite knowing that it “nearly dies in the process” (Brecht 84). The pearl represents the result of the risk, which in the metaphor was the oyster’s necessary endurance. Galileo’s sarcasm of “to hell with the pearl, give me the oyster!” implies that the pearl is an achievement in contrast to the empty, but healthy life the oyster has if it doesn’t take the risk and make a pearl (Brecht 84). Oysters take a big risk and made their lives fruitful and end the emptiness of their lives with the achievement that they make
In scene 7, the little monk tells Galileo about his concern for his family not being able to handle the truth of astronomy or ready to being doubting things, and Galileo starts to talk about the theme of enduring difficulty and change. The play argues that people must be willing to go through difficulty by mocking the little monk’s family and anyone who is similar, using the oyster metaphor as a representation of sacrifice, and by using rhetorical questions to suggest that venturing into new, but risky, territories are necessary for discoveries.
Though religion is portrayed to be valuable, the people who wouldn’t be able to handle that the Earth orbits the sun are mocked and are accused to be living lives with no achievements. The little monk tells Galileo that his family does “not come from the great …show more content…
The process of the oyster making the pearl is a metaphor for the sacrifice and endurance needed to make achievements. The “jagged grain of sand” that “makes its way into an oyster’s shell” represents an opportunity (Brecht 84). The slime the “oyster exudes” to “cover the grain of sand” that “eventually hardens into a pearl” that “makes [the oyster’s] life unbearable” represents risk (Brecht 84). Since the oyster exudes the slime itself, it shows that the making of the pearl is a choice that the oyster makes, despite knowing that it “nearly dies in the process” (Brecht 84). The pearl represents the result of the risk, which in the metaphor was the oyster’s necessary endurance. Galileo’s sarcasm of “to hell with the pearl, give me the oyster!” implies that the pearl is an achievement in contrast to the empty, but healthy life the oyster has if it doesn’t take the risk and make a pearl (Brecht 84). Oysters take a big risk and made their lives fruitful and end the emptiness of their lives with the achievement that they make