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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 The Canterville Ghost
Chapter 5
Explanation and Analysis—Catching a Demeanor:
In the following passage from Chapter 5, Wilde introduces a somewhat indirect, but nonetheless crucial metaphor to describe Victoria's relationship to her American ancestors:
“Well, I quite admit [that I killed my wife],” said the Ghost petulantly, “but it was a purely family matter, and concerned no one else.” “It is very wrong to kill any one,” said Virginia, who at times had a sweet Puritan gravity, caught from some old New England ancestor.
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