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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
Key Examples in Carmilla
Chapter 4
Explanation and Analysis—Like a Lullaby:
In Chapter 4, Laura uses a simile to describe the effect of Carmilla's loving words and "trembling embrace":
My energies seemed to fail me. Her murmured words sounded like a lullaby in my ear, and soothed my resistance into a trance, from which I only seemed to recover myself when she withdrew her arms.
Related Themes:
Chapter 6
Explanation and Analysis—Memory Like Divers:
In Carmilla, the titular character is evasive despite Laura's efforts to find out about her past. In Chapter 6, Carmilla uses a simile to compare the effort of remembering her first ball to divers as they navigate through water:
Unlock with LitCharts A+I remember everything about it—with an effort. I see it all, as divers see what is going on above them, through a medium, dense, rippling, but transparent. There occurred that night what has confused the picture, and made its colours faint.
