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    In the poem Identity‚ the author’s use of metaphors created the theme of individualism‚ meaning it’s better to be yourself than something you’re not. The narrator believes that all of society is the same‚ everyone acts the same and looks the same‚ but “[he’d] rather smell of musty‚ green stench than of sweet‚ fragrant lilac.” (Polanco‚ 19) if it meant he was himself and unlike the rest of society. Usually weeds are not known as good things‚ but in this case they stand out‚ but in a good way. When

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    Chapter 1 Introduction A metaphor is a figure of speech that describe a subject by asserting that it is‚on some point of comparison‚the same as another otherwise unrelated object.Metaphor is a type of analogy and is closely related to other rhetorical figures of speech that achieve their effects via association‚ comparison or resemblance including allegory‚ hyperbole‚ and simile.(wikipedia‚2012‚http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphor) Metaphor is not only important in our life‚but also inescapable

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    Strategies of Translating Metaphors in Foreign Movies employed by Iranian Subtitlers By Omid Jafari‚ Allameh Tabatabaie University Post Grad.Student‚ Translation Studies Become a member of TranslationDirectory.com at just 7 EUR/month (paid per year) Abstract The purpose of the present thesis was to investigate the approaches and strategies employed by Iranian subtitlers in the translation of metaphors into Persian. The material gathered for this purpose consisted of six subtitled

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    Analysis of Metaphors in Two Italian Sign Language (LIS) Registers Russo‚ Tommaso‚ 1948Sign Language Studies‚ Volume 5‚ Number 3‚ Spring 2005‚ pp. 333-359 (Article) Published by Gallaudet University Press DOI: 10.1353/sls.2005.0009 For additional information about this article http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/sls/summary/v005/5.3russo.html Access Provided by University of Queensland at 08/03/10 11:57AM GMT TOMMASO RUSSO A Crosslinguistic‚ Crosscultural Analysis of Metaphors in Two Italian

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    Politicians and Rhetoric The Persuasive Power of Metaphor Jonathan Charteris-Black Politicians and Rhetoric Also by Jonathan Charteris-Black CORPUS APPROACHES TO CRITICAL METAPHOR ANALYSIS Politicians and Rhetoric The Persuasive Power of Metaphor Jonathan Charteris-Black © Jonathan Charteris-Black 2005 All rights reserved. No reproduction‚ copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced‚ copied

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    Shakespeare uses personification and metaphor in Much Ado About Nothing to express Leonato’s shift in feelings on Hero. Leonato is a man that carries a lot of pride‚ once his daughter has jeopardized his reputation and honor in public he immediately conveys fury and hatred towards Hero without even bothering to confirm if the act was true or not. As Shakespeare states‚ “Chid I for that at frugal Nature’s frame? O‚ one too much by thee! Why had I one?” (4.1.136-137). At first he blames Nature for

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    known poem. “The Author to Her Book” is an extended metaphor comparing the relationship of an author and her writings to the relationship between a parent and a child. Throughout the text‚ Bradstreet employs similes and metaphors to capture the attitude emotions felt by Bradstreet and how it conflicts with the puritan society that frowns upon her appreciation of her talents and role as a poet. The first two lines establish the extended metaphor of parental relationship through the word choice of

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    Where are three metaphors in this poem? Two Ways of Seeing a River by Mark Twain What the first responder gave you are known as similes which are basically the same as metaphors (in the way that they compare two things) except they use like or as. Metaphors can be vague and open to interpretation. The river itself is clearly a metaphor‚ as to what it is a metaphor for is unclear to me. I believe that each reader will choose as to what this metaphor means for themselves (and I think that

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    embraces and the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets came to an end. In Romeo and Juliet‚ a sweetly painful drama‚ Shakespeare uses metaphors‚ oxymorons‚ and foreshadowing to convey powerful emotions. William Shakespeare incorporated several poignant metaphors throughout Romeo and Juliet. A metaphor is a comparison between two things‚ but unlike a simile‚ the words “like” or “as” are not used. Relating back to the play‚ Mercutio says‚ “True‚ I talk of dreams; which are the children

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    characterization. Personification is a part of literature in which an object or a living thing is given human individuality. Angelou uses personification to give the pitch‚ the river‚ and the tree the aptitude to converse to the reader. In "On the Pulse of Morning"‚ Angelou writes "But nowadays‚ the rock cries out to us‚ evidently‚ vigorously‚ Come‚ you may stand upon my back and face your far-away fortune‚ but seek no shelter in my shadow." (Lisandrelli‚ 1996) In this‚ personification is given to the

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