Essay On Metaphors
Matt: Wait, I do remember something from class… isn’t water a metaphor?
Nick: Uhh…. the essay is just a draft, for the test you should define a metaphor.
Matt: Oh, now you lost me, whats a metaphor again?
Nick: Oh for… it’s something that represents itself and something else, but isn’t universal.
Matt: Cuz, a symbol would be universal?
Nick: Yeah, like water being synonymous with life, a bunch of civilizations popped up around water, like the egyptians on the Nile and the Mesopotamians on the Tigris and Euphrates.
Matt: Thanks man, I feel like I might do a bit better now!
Nick: Hold on matt, there’s more to this than just that.
Matt: Well, like what?
Nick: Well, he might ask us if Thomas More was a tragic hero.
Matt: Umm, wait I got …show more content…
Matt: Thanks, now what's the last essay question.
Nicholas: Oh, who in the book is a foil.
Matt: What, like tin foil?
Nick: Obviously not Matt, I mean why would we learn about tinfoil in English?
Matt: I don’t know… we learn about all sorts of stuff in all our classes. Anyway, whats a foil?
Nick: A foil is two characters with opposite traits to highlight their differences. So for instance, William Roper is a man of wavering morals, he changed from Catholicism to Lutheranism and then back to Catholicism again. But More is a man of constant morality, he refused to speak his mind about the marriage under the idea of silence giving consent. Another example could be Richard Rich and Sir Thomas More. Richard Rich believed that every man has his price- meaning that everyone can be bought off, however, Sir Thomas More didn’t have a price. He refused to fold from the threats made by Thomas Cromwell and he refused to fold to his family and friends desire for him agree to the marriage.
Matt: Thanks, Nick, I feel like I got this test tomorrow. Wait what was the protagonist's name again?
Nick: Good luck on the test tomorrow Matt, you really, really need
Nick: Uhh…. the essay is just a draft, for the test you should define a metaphor.
Matt: Oh, now you lost me, whats a metaphor again?
Nick: Oh for… it’s something that represents itself and something else, but isn’t universal.
Matt: Cuz, a symbol would be universal?
Nick: Yeah, like water being synonymous with life, a bunch of civilizations popped up around water, like the egyptians on the Nile and the Mesopotamians on the Tigris and Euphrates.
Matt: Thanks man, I feel like I might do a bit better now!
Nick: Hold on matt, there’s more to this than just that.
Matt: Well, like what?
Nick: Well, he might ask us if Thomas More was a tragic hero.
Matt: Umm, wait I got …show more content…
Matt: Thanks, now what's the last essay question.
Nicholas: Oh, who in the book is a foil.
Matt: What, like tin foil?
Nick: Obviously not Matt, I mean why would we learn about tinfoil in English?
Matt: I don’t know… we learn about all sorts of stuff in all our classes. Anyway, whats a foil?
Nick: A foil is two characters with opposite traits to highlight their differences. So for instance, William Roper is a man of wavering morals, he changed from Catholicism to Lutheranism and then back to Catholicism again. But More is a man of constant morality, he refused to speak his mind about the marriage under the idea of silence giving consent. Another example could be Richard Rich and Sir Thomas More. Richard Rich believed that every man has his price- meaning that everyone can be bought off, however, Sir Thomas More didn’t have a price. He refused to fold from the threats made by Thomas Cromwell and he refused to fold to his family and friends desire for him agree to the marriage.
Matt: Thanks, Nick, I feel like I got this test tomorrow. Wait what was the protagonist's name again?
Nick: Good luck on the test tomorrow Matt, you really, really need