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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
Key Examples in The Island of Dr. Moreau
Chapter 12: The Sayers of the Law
Explanation and Analysis—Flayed Child:
In Chapter 12, having run away from Dr. Moreau's house, Prendick finds himself among the Beast Folk. He uses a simile to describe one of the creatures:
THEN SOMETHING cold touched my hand. I started violently, and saw close to me a dim pinkish thing, looking more like a flayed child than anything else in the world. The creature had exactly the mild but repulsive features of a sloth, the same low forehead and slow gestures.
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Chapter 22: The Man Alone
Explanation and Analysis—Wounded Deer:
In Chapter 22, Prendick describes his return to England after he escapes from the island and is rescued at sea. He uses a simile to describe a "delusion" he has about the people there:
Unlock with LitCharts A+I would go out into the streets to fight with my delusion, and prowling women would mew after me, furtive craving men glance jealously at me, weary pale workers go coughing by me, with tired eyes and eager paces like wounded deer dripping blood, old people, bent and dull, pass murmuring to themselves, and all unheeding a ragged tail of gibing children.
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