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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
Act 1
Explanation and Analysis—Projectiles:
In the following excerpt from Act 1, Bluntschli explains how to distinguish a young soldier from an older soldier. The difference has much to do with awareness: the older soldiers are conscious of the dehumanization that situates them as mere objects to be used in the pursuit of military victory. Shaw cements this connection through metaphor:
MAN: You can tell the young ones by their wildness and their slashing. The old ones come bunched up under the number one guard: they know that they are mere projectiles, and that it’s no use trying to fight.
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