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Definition of Simile
A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things. To make the comparison, similes most often use the connecting words "like" or "as," but can also... read full definition
A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things. To make the comparison, similes most often use the connecting words "like... read full definition
A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things. To make the comparison, similes most often... read full definition
Act 1
Explanation and Analysis—Like a Scorpion:
When the play begins, Antony is consumed by his military failure at the Battle of Actium. His cowardice when fleeing the battlefield particularly haunts him, and upon his reunion with Ventidius, he begs the man to curse him. Unable to bear listening to his friend as he indulges himself in melancholy, Ventidius refuses to help Antony dig himself further into his hole of misery, using a simile in the process:
You are too sensible already
Of what/have done, too conscious of your failings,
And like a scorpion, whipped by others first
To fury, sting yourself in mad revenge.
I would bring balm, and pour it in your wounds,
Cure your distempered mind, and heal your fortunes.
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