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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
Key Examples in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Part One
Explanation and Analysis—Hidden Wires:
Near the end of Part One, McMurphy calls another vote on adjusting the television schedule to watch the World Series. Bromden first uses a metaphor to describe how he finds himself voting with McMurphy, and then he immediately retracts the metaphor:
McMurphy’s got hidden wires hooked to [my hand], lifting it slow just to get me out of the fog and into the open where I’m fair game. He’s doing it, wires ...
No. That’s not the truth. I lifted it myself.
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