The purpose of metaphors are used to relate one thing that might not normally be realistic to something in a real life situation. A metaphor can use just an object or a whole situation. The article is saying the different episodes of Buffy The Vampire Slayer are metaphors to real life situations that many students go through during their high school careers. The show relates to teenagers through relationships, peer pressure, parental pressure, violence, bullying, and others. With these situations the viewers can relate to the show in a deeper meaning, because they are, or at one time, went through the same problems of high school and the drama that surrounds it. Now students do not really have to deal with vampires, witches, werewolves, or anything like that, but the show still uses those creatures to capture those real life struggles by using metaphors. Sometimes these monsters seem like less of a challenge to Buffy and the gang than the social problems they have to face.
The show starts with Buffy moving to a new city, which means new school, new classes, new social status, and the challenge of making new friends. Not only do new students have to deal with all this they also have to deal with their problems that followed them to a new place that nobody else knows about, such as vampire slaying. Sometimes people try to be someone they are not, when really being yourself is the best thing you can do.
Buffy The Vampire Slayer uses metaphors to relate to their viewers, so they can interpret what they feel the show is representing.
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