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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 3, Scene 4
Explanation and Analysis—As Bad as Algebra:
In Act 3, Scene 4, Acres makes a simile comparing cotillion dancing to algebra, thus revealing his lack of sophistication and gentlemanly refinement:
Unlock with LitCharts A+Sink, slide – coupee – confound the first inventors of cotillons! say I – they are as bad as algebra to us country gentlemen – I can walk a minuet easy enough when I’m forced! – and I have been accounted a good stick in a country dance. Odds jigs and tabors! I never valued your cross over to couple – figure in – right and left – and I’d foot it with e’er a captain in the county! – but these outlandish heathen allemandes and cotillons are quite beyond me! – I shall never prosper at ’em, that’s sure.
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