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Definition of Hyperbole
Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which a writer or speaker exaggerates for the sake of emphasis. Hyperbolic statements are usually quite obvious exaggerations intended to emphasize a point... read full definition
Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which a writer or speaker exaggerates for the sake of emphasis. Hyperbolic statements are usually quite obvious exaggerations... read full definition
Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which a writer or speaker exaggerates for the sake of emphasis. Hyperbolic statements... read full definition
Chapter 1
Explanation and Analysis—Rape:
The following example of hyperbole is taken from the section of Dune Messiah before the Chapter 1 epigraph. This section, entitled "Excerpts from the Death Cell Interview with Bronso of IX," contemplates the circumstances of Alia's birth from a historian's perspective.
It was a Fremen ritual by which that same melange awakened the unborn Alia in the Lady Jessica’s womb. Have you considered what it meant for Alia to be born into this universe fully cognitive, possessed of all her mother’s memories and knowledge? No rape could be more terrifying.
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Chapter 23
Explanation and Analysis—Half Mad:
In the following example of hyperbole from Chapter 23, Paul contemplates the expanse of his empire in a simultaneously sullen and awestruck manner:
Unlock with LitCharts A+Awareness turned over at the thought of all those stars above him—an infinite volume. A man must be half mad to imagine he could rule even a teardrop of that volume. He couldn’t begin to imagine the number of subjects his Imperium claimed.
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