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Definition of Metaphor
A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two different things by saying that one thing is the other. The comparison in a metaphor can be stated explicitly, as... read full definition
A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two different things by saying that one thing is the other. The comparison in a metaphor... read full definition
A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two different things by saying that one thing is the other... read full definition
Key Examples in A Raisin in the Sun
Act 1, Scene 1
Explanation and Analysis—Apartment as Rat Trap:
Rats and rat traps are a recurring motif in A Raisin in the Sun. Mama compares the apartment to a rat trap in a particularly poignant metaphor:
Ruth: Well, Lord knows, we’ve put enough rent into this here rat trap to pay for four houses by now…
Mama: [...] "Rat trap"—yes that’s all it is
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