Tevye basically states this in the first scene we are all like.
Fiddler on the roof meaning metaphor.
Almost 50 years ago fiddler on the roof opened on broadway and the world was introduced to sholem alecheim s wonderful residents of a small village in tsarist russia in 1905.
A solitary violinist perches precariously on a roof top as he plays the opening solo.
It is true that the fiddler is indeed a metaphor for that theme.
Defenders of fiddler on the roof might counter that the struggle to hold on to traditions is the entire point of the show.
The fiddler serves as a metaphor for tevye s attempts to preserve his family s traditions in the face of a changing world and for the religious jews of anatevka to maintain their equilibrium in czarist russia in the early 1900s.
Yes fiddler on the roof is a metaphor.
A fiddler on the roof as the first song tradition which is another very heavily used.
The fiddler as tevye says is trying to scratch out a pleasant simple tune without breaking his neck.