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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 30: In The Church
Explanation and Analysis—One Single Priest:
The large fiesta in San Diego, in the middle of the novel, ends with a large mass at which Father Dámaso gives a sermon. The narrator describes Dámaso as hyperbolically grand and beautiful, to the great awe of Captain Tiago:
He straightened up, threw back his head, then walked toward the center of the altar with such bearing and gravity that Captain Tiago believed him to be even more majestic than the Chinese man of the previous night who had been dressed as an emperor, wearing greasepaint and with scarves on his shoulders, a horsehair beard, and high-soled slippers.
"Without a doubt," he thought, "one single priest has more majesty than all the emperors in the world."
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