By using metaphors‚ Romeo’s feelings and moodiness can be described thoroughly. His love for Juliet‚ and grief for Rosaline are shown in many imagery and personification terms. During the first scene of the play‚ he and Benvolio are discussing Rosaline‚ and her rejection of Romeo. Certain that his life is now meaningless‚ he rants to his friend: “She’ll not be hit With Cupid’s arrow. She hath Dian’s wit‚ And‚ in strong proof of chastity well armed‚ From
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Literary comparison or simile: In the story we realize using this figure as compared with an imaginary object. Using the words: Like‚ like‚ etc. Allegory: Allegory Another figure is symbolic because it shows a device that is a concept further. Metaphor: metaphors also identify elements that
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I interpret this poem as a metaphor for life. Way too often we are in a hurry to get through the "dance" that we do not stop and enjoy the music. The small but beautiful things in life are the music. The rain‚ the sunsets‚ our children growing are all wonderful things that happen. Unfortunately‚ the majority of the time we are all in a hurry just to get through the day to make it another day to do the same thing. We need to take the time to slow down and look around and appreciate those small
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She gives a description of him including his feet‚ shoes‚ clothing‚ and the emotion she perceives is on his face but for some reason doesn’t give an actual description of his face and body type‚ which I find strange. The speaker’s similes and metaphors are very disturbing because she seems to like to allude to death and pain. For example‚ she says that the laces on his sneakers are”…in a complex pattern like a set of intentional scars‚” and “he is wearing red‚ like the inside of an animal taken
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In chapter 19‚ Kenny uses a metaphor to express how the poor and suffering people in India never ask for help‚ and thus‚ never receive any aid to better their harsh lives. After Kenny employs Selvam‚ Rukmani’s youngest son‚ at his hospital that will be built‚ Rukmani goes to Kenny to thank him and ask him how he got the money to build the hospital. When he responds that he has thousands in money‚ Rukmani is surprised because Kenny had always lived like the poor. Kenny explains by saying‚ “Part of
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White Oleander‚ a flower‚ a hearty-but-poisonous flower whose beauty makes it appear deceptively fragile. This flower‚ can stand has a metaphor for Ingrid. Ingrid is strong‚ beautiful‚ and self-possessed‚ but she acts as a poison to everyone around her‚ especially her impressionable daughter‚ Astrid‚ who idolizes her mother. An universal theme in this story is the that of a child trying to escape from the pernicious influence of a misguided parent. It continues to develop into a story over dominance
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in the overall health care model must include a culture. About a specific section related to the concept of cultural concepts depends on the development of the second chapter throughout the text. Such coexistence‚ mosaics‚ such as the salad bowl metaphor was used to describe the cultural diversity that characterizes the United States. According to the US Census Bureau‚ 50 percent close of the US population is composed of people of minority Emerging used to classify the population terms in 2050 diverse
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Erving Goffman developed a metaphor of theater to explain the social interaction with different forms of behavior on front and back stages. Front stage is the area of social interaction visible to the audience‚ and back stage is the social interaction not visible to the audience. Front stage is a behavior that we do when other people are watching or are aware of us. Being in this front stage behavior‚ we focus on how others view us and what they expect from us‚ which can drive the behavior all together
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Northrop Frye in ‘The motive for metaphor’ compares science and art. The common element between the two seems to be imagination. In science it becomes the final element and in art the starting point. In Frye view‚ a scientist examines the world which we are given to live‚ scrutinises all the data and attempts at forming certain theories which would underlay the rules governing the world. I doing so‚ he moves from the known realm‚ tangible world towards the concepts in his mind‚ therefore a creation
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shown a historical distrust of metaphor. English utilitarianist Jeremy Bentham portrayed legal fictions as ‘syphilis’ which runs along the veins of legal arguments‚ arguing that metaphors are not valid as a basis for reasoning in legal arguments. Justice Cardozo warned that while metaphor begins by liberating thoughts‚ they often end up by enslaving thoughts. Often a phobia of indeterminacy led to a confusion of the real with the literal‚ and mistakenly linked metaphor to falsity. Despite the prevalent
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