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Definition of Oxymoron
An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which two contradictory terms or ideas are intentionally paired in order to make a point—particularly to reveal a deeper or hidden truth... read full definition
An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which two contradictory terms or ideas are intentionally paired in order to make a point—particularly to reveal... read full definition
An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which two contradictory terms or ideas are intentionally paired in order to... read full definition
Troubled About My Soul
Explanation and Analysis—Precisely, My Mother:
After Tish loses her virginity to Fonny, the couple returns to Tish's family home to tell her parents they intend to marry. Sharon, ever accepting and understanding, deliberates for a moment but then seems pleased by the arrangement. While she thinks, though, Tish describes her appearance using an oxymoron:
"You going to marry Fonny. All right. When I really think about it"—and now she paused, and, in a way, she was no longer Sharon, my mother, but someone else; but that someone else was, precisely, my mother, Sharon—"I guess I'm real pleased." She leaned back, arms folded, looking away, thinking ahead. "Yeah. He's real. He's a man."
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