Dune Metaphors
Insights from the Master--Frank Herbert himself!
The first 41 seconds he talks about charismatic leaders, power, and corruption. We'll get to that later, but it's worth thinking about now as you get close to reading Book III.
Dune is loaded with metaphors and Frank Herbert mentions a few of them. The first step in analyzing metaphors is being able to identify them. Watch this quick clip and answer the questions below.
edit FH Video from another version (original is in my teacher tube account
What are the following items in Dune metaphors for? Explain each of your answers with a couple of sentences and references to the book to back up your opinion.
1. Water
2. Spice
3. CHOAM
4. The Guild
Some of these may have multiple answers.
1. Water
2. Spice
3. CHOAM
4. The Guild
Some of these may have multiple answers.