'We Grow Accustomed To The Dark'

Perception “It all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are in themselves.”-Carl Jung. This quote by Carl Jung can relate to everyone and it can relate to any literature piece. For example, many people have different views or opinions about the presidential inauguration. In literature every character has their own way of perceiving things, whether they’re good perceptions or not, it is about how they view a situation. In Sophocles’ Greek drama Oedipus, famous American poet Emily Dickinson’s poem “We Grow Accustomed to the Dark,” and famed Greek storyteller Aesop fable “The Dancing Monkeys”, the common theme is not everything you see is what it appears to be. In the Greek drama Oedipus, this theme is very persistent throughout the story. In the beginning of the story Oedipus has become king of Thebes because their previous king was murdered. Oedipus was told that king Laius was killed by thieves at three crossroads in the land of Phocis. Jocasta told Oedipus that he was murdered right before he was installed ruler of the land.

“We grow accustomed to the Dark-” is within itself a portrayal of not seeing things of what it appears to be. We just take the darkness and get used to it without searching why the darkness is there in the first place. “When not a moon disclose a sign- Or star- come out- within-” We feel hopeless when a dark situation comes about and we look for signs, but when they aren’t there we give up. The bravest, however, search and see the darkness for what it is. Darkness can portray a bad situation, but can eventually end up a good situation. They learn to see and realize that what they saw isn’t what it appeared to be. “Either the Darkness alters- Or something in the sight-” sometimes you need to take a good look at something, “adjust your sight”, and realize it is something that can change and there is nothing to worry