After reading “The Sandman,” by Ernst T.A. Hoffman, the “anchor character” is Nathanael whom is seen as delusion, but only living through the horrific things he has experienced as a child. He centers his life around the darkness of the Sandman which affects him greatly later in adulthood. Nathanael fulfills a prophecy like that of Oedipus because when he was a kid Nathanael and his father were not close, however in the text Coppelius can be seen as a father figure to Nathanael. Coppelius and Nathanael fought very often over incidents that occurred just like Oedipus and his father. In this story Klara functions as the reality test when she responds to one of his letters telling him she’s convinced that the terrors are of his imagination and
