What Is The Similes In Act 1 Scene 2 Figurative Language

SCENE 1

In lines 11-13, a simile is being used by the Duke when he implies that “you’re [Escalus] as pregnant in [common justice] as art and practice hath enriched any that we remember.” The use of the word pregnant describes how well informed and resourceful he is in the certain subject. The word pregnant gives the connotation that Escalus has had someone impose this knowledge on him, as in with impregnation. By stating that Escalus is as “enriched” as “any that we remember,” he means he is extremely qualified and is the best enriched with this knowledge. This could mean that Duke is either sure about this decision or not because he could have the best candidate for this position or he might have someone that is not as useless as everyone
In these lines, Duke discusses with Escalus about giving Angelo their authority. Duke says “dressed him with our love,” which is something that can’t literally happen. The use of the word dressed gives the impression that Angelo will obtain their love using wealth to clothe himself, which will give him the warmth needed to live in harsher conditions. With this, Angelo is being dressed with love because he is basically being given life, or happiness. The second line of this quote, “and given his deputation all the organs,” implies that Angelo is being given all the power desired and needed to function his “deputation.” Using the word organs, gives an impression that this power is seen as a living organism, which is used to show, with more depth, how Angelo would be given an extremely high
The first gentlemen exclaims, “heaven grant us its peace, but not the King of Hungary’s!” in which sentence he uses ellipsis, and Lucio scoffs him by replying that he “conclud’st like the sanctimonious pirate, that went to sea with the Ten Commandments, but scraped on out of the table” (lines 4-9). You cannot declare to follow the ten commandments, but then pick and choose which you follow, it is all or nothing situation, making it the perfect example for Lucio is critical of anyone who does not share his viewpoints on any given matter, and this is exemplified when he teams up with Isabella to try and persuade Angelo to free