Reading "Clay" Ironically

Ironically, it is not surprising for contemporary people that the sarcastic reading of "clay" is a major controversy and interest in the literary world. There are lots of academic arguments about this difficult metaphor and the irony of understanding among those studying it may never reach an agreement. Nevertheless, it is still useful to deepen a basic understanding of how to say "to say something and mean another thing" as people who succeed in unlocking this interesting process unlock it . "Special 'knowledge' satisfaction. From ambiguity and paradox, dealing with contradiction and contradiction "(42).

"Looking at the feet and toes, some are pottery clay and some are iron, then the kingdom will be separated; but as you see that iron is mixed with ceramic clay The same iron is clay, iron is clay, iron is not mixed with clay, but it mixes when iron and ceramic clay mix, "Because you saw a stone cut from a mountain, it is iron, bronze , Clay, silver, and gold - what happens after that is the great god that God knew for the king, the dream is positive, its explanation is positive

Daniel who took him to Nebuchadnezzar told the king that he had dreamed of a wonderful statue made of gold, chest and silver arms, brass thighs, iron feet and feet. Part of the iron part is clay. The thrown stone breaks the statue with small fragments blown away by the wind and grows into a mountain filled with the whole earth. Daniel explains that the golden head is Nebuchadnezzar himself, the rest of the statues are made of various materials, representing the eternal kingdom swept away by the kingdom of God. The surprised king acknowledged the superiority of God, appointed Babylonian Governor Daniel and leaders of all the wise men of the kingdom.

35 Then the iron, the earth, the brass, the silver, the gold were crushed and became like the ripple of the summer field; the wind took them and they could not find them. The stone that struck the image turned into a mountain filled with the whole earth. 45 You see that the stone is not cut off from the mountain and that iron, brass, clay, silver and gold are pieces, so the great God told the king what to do in the future: the dream is positive And the explanation is positive