Moral Value In The Metaphor Of A Short Story Of A City Without Words And Tears: The Study Of Hermeneutics

Abstract

The research entitled “Moral Value in The Metaphor of A Short Story of A City Without Words and Tears: The Hermeneutical Study” is a research that analyzes the metaphors “words” and “tears”, and the moral values contained therein. The methods used are qualitative descriptive with hermeneutics and moral philosophy as the basis for research. The theory used is the metaphor of Paul Ricoeur and Aristoteles’ theory of virtue. To address the problem, the data collection stage begins with the metaphor of “Words” and “Tears”. The data is then analysed with Paul Ricoeur’s metaphorical interpretation theory. This research article shows that there are two moral values are found in the short story based on Aristoteles’ theory of virtue: discretion and self-control.