Othello: Similes 1 key example

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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
Act 4, scene 1
Explanation and Analysis—Plague:

When Othello recalls seeing Cassio with Desdemona’s handkerchief, he uses a simile that links the idea of memory with infection:

O, it comes o’er my memory
As doth the raven o’er the infectious house,
Boding to all - he had my handkerchief.