ABSTRACT
The interaction between the images of reality and illusion, in which people are imprisoned with Sigismond, has often been compared with a labyrinth. But once again, the general structure of the work is not specifically classified in terms of the theme of the labyrinth. The term 'labyrinth', rarely occurs in Greek and Latin literature other than in relation to the myths of Theseus, Ariadne, Daedalus and the Minotaur. If it were necessary to identify the points at which the former most significantly diverged from the latter, people would consider that, in terms of the literary image of the labyrinth, this occurred during the Renaissance and the nineteenth century. However, the experience is not compared with that of the labyrinth because this is not a narrative in which the level of consciousness of the protagonists enables the metaphor to develop. Its confused and rambling speech falls short of such a well-constructed and cultural image.
