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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 Hound of the Baskervilles
Chapter 11
Explanation and Analysis—Stapleton's Net:
In Chapter 11, Watson finds the mysterious Man on the Tor's hideout. Unnerved by his presence and this strange twist in events, Watson uses a metaphor to suggest the person behind these occurrences is a shrewd and cunning mastermind, one step ahead of him:
Always there was this feeling of an unseen force, a fine net drawn round us with infinite skill and delicacy, holding us so lightly that it was only at some supreme moment that one realized that one was indeed entangled in its meshes.
Chapter 13
Explanation and Analysis—Stapleton's Net:
In Chapter 11, Watson finds the mysterious Man on the Tor's hideout. Unnerved by his presence and this strange twist in events, Watson uses a metaphor to suggest the person behind these occurrences is a shrewd and cunning mastermind, one step ahead of him:
Unlock with LitCharts A+Always there was this feeling of an unseen force, a fine net drawn round us with infinite skill and delicacy, holding us so lightly that it was only at some supreme moment that one realized that one was indeed entangled in its meshes.
