One of the most gifted and prolific novelists of the twentieth century and a noted moral philosopher, Iris Murdoch was concerned with recent ethical issues. Murdoch`s philosophical vision is based on the recognition of true reality of individuals. By using fantastical elements in her novel, Murdoch stressed that selfish and illusioned characters come to recognize their own fantasy and attain to the vision of reality. Charles Arrowby in The Sea, the Sea, is a famous theatre director and actor who has retired to the seaside. His aspiration for power leads him to confuse dream with reality, imagination with perception. At the end, he comes to realize he was a self-centered man who has simply followed fantasy without knowing the reality of himself and others around him. Murdoch`s novels are dramatizations of the lives of the people who are confused or deluded by fantasy but who seek enlightenment, freedom, and understanding of reality. (Daejeon Health Sciences College)