idea to hurt others may seem like a logical and good idea at first‚ it may turn out to do harm to the attacker alongside the victim. For example‚ Macbeth cannot think straight‚ “full of scorpions is [his] mind” (Shakespeare‚ 3.2.38). He uses the metaphor of scorpions of King Duncan’s murder‚ constantly stinging his thoughts and poisoning his mind with thoughts of more killing. After the king’s death‚ Macbeth feels guilt for what he has done‚ first being unable to keep his crime out of mind in case
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and political forces that make up history and society‚ but they also contribute remarkably to the social processes that refigure individual identity and the socio-political‚ historical situation (174). Veenstra maintains that Greenblatt’s “economic metaphor” enables texts and their symbolic significance to prevail in society insofar as the texts’ literary devices reflect the social energy circulating in other texts that speak of the same subject matter. He further elaborates that Greenblatt’s ideas
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Part I-Metaphors Several years ago‚ I took a cruise trip with a close friend to the Bahamas. It was very fascinating and a wonderful experience. During the day‚ the ocean/sea was as blue as the sky on a nice day. As I looked down into the ocean I saw my reflection as if I were looking upon a mirror. I find that when looking upon the ocean and watching the waves interact with one another‚ it’s a reminder of how the human body functions on a daily basis. The ocean is constantly moving and changing
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thirty million singles and more than fifteen million albums‚ in addition to her extensive collection of awards received. Her most recent chart topping single Two Black Cadillacs is a narrative‚ more on the dark side‚ with a dramatic yet thrilling metaphor. Underwood’s song‚ Two Black Cadillacs‚ exhibits the actions of two women scorned‚ the lengths they will go to acquire personal vengeance‚ and their ability for keeping a secret‚ secret. We are introduced to the song right as important events
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make their omnipresent looming known. These themes are constantly prevalent in our media‚ including books such as Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. Throughout Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World”‚ there is an abundance of symbolic patterns and hidden metaphors. Whether discussing the dark intentions of the drug “soma”‚ or what it truly means to be happy‚ it is impossible to become bored with the web of meaning Huxley has created. In Brave New World‚ we are introduced to the concept of originality‚
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Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables is a novel chronicling Anne’s new life in Avonlea into her new home by the Cuthberts. This story gives the reader a look at how Anne grows up from a clumsy and at times awkward girl into a lovely mature and well-mannered lady. This however did not happen overnight. Many incidents occurred throughout the novel to show all the mishaps that Anne went through in her young adolescent life. Although food may seem like an insignificant symbol to discuss‚ it did carry an
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eaten for days” (136) Boo uses a simile to describe the character’s hard working nature. By using a simile‚ Boo characterizes the person in a more meaningful way. “An urban‚ college-going girl was a firework in the village.” (140) Boo’s use of a metaphor shows how out of place an urban‚ college girl is in a place like that village. It helps the reader compare their normal life to the poverty-stricken lives of the characters in the story. “...constables enlisted other scavengers to load the body into
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The Concurrent Validity of Money Metaphor Inventory By MUOKWUE MARTIN E. M. Department of Psychology‚ Faculty of Social Sciences Nnamdi Azikiwe University‚ AWKA. 1.1 INTRODUCTION Researchers have of recent turned their search light on the impact of money to human activities‚ especially as it concerns ethical issues about money. It is no doubt that we are really in the age of the economic man and money play a pivotal role on the day to day activities in the modern society.
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definition of metaphor as‚ “consists in giving the thing a name that belongs to something else; the transference being either from genus to species‚ or from species to genus‚ or from species to species‚ or on grounds of analogy” (Lan‚ 2005). This explanation of metaphor emphasizes on its distinctiveness as being a rhetoric phenomenon or rather a device that is transference from one word to another in enhancing the forcefulness and complexness of the expressions. In simpler words‚ metaphor is a figure
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“Metaphors We Live By” As suggested by Lakoff and Johnson in Metaphors We Live By‚ “Concepts govern our everyday functioning‚ down to the mundane details” (Johnson‚ 1980). What I found interesting while reading this article is that Metaphors We Live By gives us examples that demonstrate metaphors used in everyday language. Lakoff and Johnson explained‚ our culture has significant influence on how we use metaphors; where we as Americans see arguing in terms of war‚ they want to get the high ground
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