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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
Chapter 4
Explanation and Analysis—Like the Grass:
Although Walpole explicitly says that The Castle of Otranto does not employ "similes, flowers, [...] or unnecessary descriptions" in the First Edition Preface, one or two do appear in the novel. Their scarcity makes their powerful ability to create likenesses in the mind of the reader even more potent. In Chapter 4, when Manfred proclaims his desire to have Theodore thrown out of Otranto, Father Jerome replies by saying:
"They start up [...] who are suddenly beheld in the seat of lawful princes; but they wither away like the grass, and their place knows them no more.”
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