Metaphor

Agent Carter’s love life is centered around her indecisiveness between Agent Sousa and Dr. Wilkes. In a scene from the show, she has a dream where she is presented with what each man has to offer, exposing the conflict that she suffers within. The scene goes back and forth metaphorically comparing each man and what he would do for Agent Carter.

According to Dr. Jones, a metaphor is a comparison between something that exposes the reality of a situation. The metaphor is carried out by two elements, “the tenor (abstract concept) and the vehicle (concrete symbol)” (Dr. Jones, 2016).

At the beginning of the scene we see agent carter engaging with Dr. Wilkes, and then dancing with Agent Sousa, showing how she was undecided between each man. Throughout the scene she admits that she is conflicted between the men in her life and the she does not know what to do.

The tenor in this scene is Agent Carter’s love for the men in her life. Her feelings ae exposed as a result of this. The concrete symbol that is used to carry out the metaphor are the two men that she is conflicted about. When they are both present in the scene, she experiences different feelings with each one of them. Both of them are compared with each other because they are a conflict of interest for Agent Carter. She sees the qualities in each one, but is undecided on which one her heart desires.

The scene in which Agent Carter relieves her feelings through a dream. 

This metaphorical comparison of the two love interests Agent Carter has, exposes the reality of her feelings. She has to decide for herself who she really wants to be with and why she wants to be with. The comparison of both men only reinforced her feelings and what path she should take to find her happiness.