... play. While his speech begins in a mood of happy fantasy, Prospero soon reminds the audience of his artistic powers that, paradoxically, constitute his whole being and also lead to his exile from Naples and temporary unawareness of Caliban's death plots upon him. While he credits the elves and dwarves for their "aid" of inspiration, he labels them "weak masters" (41) in ... "deeper than did ever plummet sound" (56-7). The hyperbole illustrates Prospero's obsession with both his art and himself, which he consolidates as a single entity. Despite his powerful emotions conveyed through meta...

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... departs for the Forest of Arden, accompanied by Touchstone (the court fool) and Celia, who is disguised as Aliena. Duke Senior, banished by his brother Duke Frederick, leads a life of exile in the Forest of Arden, where "many young gentlemen flock to him every day." Duke Frederick, who is bent on finding Celia, heads to the forest to search for her ... Senior - one of the protagonists of the play. His ducal rights are usurped by his younger brother, Frederick. He leads a life of exile in the Forest of Arden with some of his lords ("co-mates and brothers in exile"). His ducal rights are ...

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... 's anger by using crude images of animals fornicating to inform him that his "daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs." Such a metaphor is designed to evoke a strong emotional response. In a soliloquy at the conclusion of Act One, Iago says "It is engendered. Hell and night / Must ... bring this monstrous birth to the world's light." Shakespeare uses the image of a monster being born as a metaphor for the start of Iago's evil scheming. It also becomes evident that Othello's mind has been corrupted by Iago's evil handiwork when he too starts to ... light, heaven and...

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... is to display the speaker's feeling and state of mind in dealing with his own dissappearing youth. The first quatraine employs the metaphor of a winter day, emphasizing the harshness and coldness of old age. The second quatraine's metaphor is that of twilight, youth as a day taken over by night, or light giving way to dark. The third quatraine ... introduces a different metaphor in death, youth as a dying fire. The first and second metaphors have cyclical nature, spring will always follow winter as ... day will follow night, it is the third metaphor that is final, death is permanent. Th...

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... ability to entertain an audience. He writes in a style that was understood and entertaining to all classes of people, he accomplished this by incorporating a wide ranged vocabulary, a rhythmic syntax, humor, metaphor and detail into his style of writing. Shakespeare is one of the most acclaimed and well-read authors of our time, his style has been analyzed by thousands of intelligent ... at the act."" (Act Three, Scene Four) Hamlet expresses his distaste and desire for revenge on his stepfather through his vivid language. His use of metaphor deepens the passion felt and the hatred expre...

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... devices such as this simile are used throughout William Shakespeare=s writing to give his characters interesting traits. In Act II, scene ii of the play Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare uses metaphor to show how good with words Romeo can be, personification to show the same, and simile to show that Juliet also words her sentences cleverly. Romeo is constantly making comparisons ... phrasing the embarrassing fact that he was never in love is a clear indicator one of Romeo=s more obvious traits: Romeo is very witty with his words. Romeo soon uses another metaphor a long comparison that simpl...

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... character cannot be so evil that for the sake of justice we desire his or her misfortune. The character should be someone who is famous or prosperous, like Oedipus or Medea. Aristotle believed that natural disasters such as floods, accidents, children's deaths, though terribly pathetic can never be tragic in the dramatic sense because they do not occur as a result of ... ...

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... / firm as hard-boiled yolks, is about/ to snap its clasp." (line 5) This is also a very descriptive image in which Olds uses a simile and a metaphor. She compares her own fertility to her daughter's, and then uses a metaphor to describe how her daughter's body is ready to literally burst into womanhood. Olds concludes this poem with the mother's realization that her daughter is ... is in the late fall, early winter of his life. There aren't many leaves left on the tree and there aren't many years left in Shakespeare's life. In the next metaphor Shakespeare describes himself as twilight. ...

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... of words evocative of death and decay: "graves, worms, epitaphs"17, as opposed to "comfort"18, which takes the same preposition ("of"), thereby underlining the contrast. What follows is a florid metaphor of the king's weeping "rainy eyes"19, which once again stresses what Johnston calls a strong "poetical" streakB in the character. Lines 11 to13 then encapsulate what is most typical of ... 's use of sounds, consonants in this case, is not arbitrary, but functional. The figures of speech Shakespeare employs most frequently are metaphor and simile, and this is no different in Richard II. I...

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... metaphors in his description of how he would feel when he finally lost his youthful qualities and his life continues to creep closer and closer to its end. The first metaphor in Sonnet 73 involves the season of autumn, which is used to represent Shakespeare's evolution from young to old. Shakespeare states, "That time of year thou mayst in me behold ... may represent the feelings of isolation and coldness associated with that season. Isolation and coldness also can be associated to one's feelings of death in the near future. The second metaphor in Sonnet 73 describes Shakespeare's antic...

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... two lines. The "violet past prime" represents spring and youth, which is fleeting. "When I behold the violet past prime, And sable curls all silver'd o'er with white-. The violet is a metaphor to represent the beauty of youth, followed by the destruction of life through age, and "sable- (black) curls which turn grey, then white with age. These things present decaying, of ... life, they have been picked and are slowly dying as well. The second Quatrain presents continued images of decay, "lofty trees barren of leaves- and "white and bristly beard-. The metaphor of nature is continued in ...

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... who is forced into action by his own jealous thoughts. However, this is an ironic discovery, as Iago states that reason should outweigh passion, expressed by his use of the metaphor to Roderigo: If the beam of our lives had not once scale of reason to poise another of sensuality, the blood and baseness of our natures would conduct us to ... doth mock the meat it feeds on" (3.3.170-171). This is a method which Iago utilizes to plant the seeds of doubt into Othello's mind. Shakespeare refers to jealousy in metaphor as the "green-eyed monster", and personifies it by giving it the ability t...

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... shows this by telling Lady Macbeth "I am in blood/ Step it in so far that should I wade no more/ returning were as go o'er" (Shakespeare III, 4. 45-50). In this metaphor comparing blood with guilt, Macbeth believes that it is as difficult to turn back as it is to continue. Macbeth believes he is guilty and he might as well accept ... it. This metaphor reveals to the reader on the fundamental attitude change of Macbeth. He's transformed from remorseful guilty to acceptance of guilt. Further more, blood also serve as a symbol of guilt that ... ...

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... are also gentler than a harsh sun, which shines brightly and causes the sun to beat too hotly and raise the temperature too high. He refers to the sun with another metaphor, "the eye of heaven". Shakespeare also says that summer goes by too quickly. He is metaphorically saying that the presence of this person will end shortly because they will die ... long as men can breathe or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and gives life to thee." In Sonnet 97, Shakespeare also uses one of the four seasons as a metaphor. Instead of being a poem of admiration, Sonnet 97 is a poem about the separat...

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... are also gentler than a harsh sun, which shines brightly and causes the sun to beat too hotly and raise the temperature too high. He refers to the sun with another metaphor, "the eye of heaven". Shakespeare also says that summer goes by too quickly. He is metaphorically saying that the presence of this person will end shortly because they will die ... long as men can breathe or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and gives life to thee." In Sonnet 97, Shakespeare also uses one of the four seasons as a metaphor. Instead of being a poem of admiration, Sonnet 97 is a poem about the separat...

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... to express love. The speaker in these sonnets does, however, eventually conclude that nature does not hold a match to the love that is being spoken about. Sonnet 16 uses the metaphor of "a summer's day" to compare love with. Sonnet 116 uses the night sky to define love, while sonnet 130 uses many splendids of nature to compare love. While some of ... . While Shakespeare uses nature in this sonnet quite sparingly, its impact on the entire poem is much the same had he used it in more abundance. The speaker uses the metaphor of a star, possibly even the North Star, to explain what love is. ...

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... Shakespeare's description of love. Metaphors can help describe how one feels about someone or something. They also can provide the reader with a mental visual of how a given character may feel. A metaphor may not always assist the reader in understanding the literal translation of the text; although it may assist the reader in better understanding the overall message through more expansion of ... the given character's emotions. Romeo fervently expresses his love for Juliet through the use of metaphors. "It is the east and Juliet is the sun" (2.2.). Here, Romeo uses this metaphor to char...

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... nature, unruly elements and emotions, and corals and moves them and forms them in art. And art is a complete good. The struggle of the artist is a cosmic one. Sometimes the metaphor is taken as literal. The artist communicates to the audience. Through the artwork the artist tells the audience about herself, about her feelings, about her life, about her meet and ... with God, we look for substitutes. God is creator. Artist is creator. God created the world. Artist created the art. God will not answer. Maybe the artist will. Sometimes the metaphor is taken as literal. We understand that c...

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... make, and give the reader something to ponder about while reading. The literary devices that Shakespeare uses in Macbeth affect the reader in many ways. For instance, Shakespeare use of a metaphor - (clothing imagery) "The thane of cowdor lives; Why do you dress me in these borrowed robes?" (England in Literature 1989, 197). The witches prophesize that Macbeth that he will become ... Macbeth will not have the chances to gain the positions, yet. Macbeth asks why do you give me these positions if they are already taken. The reader will identify the metaphor, analyze it, and begin to under...

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... -12). When she looks upon her self, she will be looking into a mirror that reflects her past beauty, basically a living mirror of years before. This third quatrain expanded the mirror metaphor that was introduced by Shakespeare in the first line and leads the reader to suspect that the audience suffers from narcissism. Perhaps the audience is so caught up with her ... in night as magic, as introspection and improvisation, has in daylight solidified into deep feeling. Although he speaks of Helena being "the object and pleasure" of his eye, the visual metaphor is accompanied by a proclamat...

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... lines continues with its damnation by comparing it to a bait, which seems nice and attractive, but when it is taken it can be murderous. The last quatrain continues the previous metaphor with the bait, but it goes further by saying that it is maddening before getting it and afterwards as well. In the concluding couplet the poet acknowledges that no one ... 's Astrophel and Stella. Compared to that poem it is easy to see which elements of the ordinary love sonnet Shakespeare is mocking. For instance there is no use of grandiose metaphor or allusion, he does not compare his love to Venus a...

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... are prevalent in both sonnets, they work in different ways. In Sonnet 116, the speaker clearly suggests a theme of love while the theme of eternity develops through figurative language and metaphor. In Sonnet 55, however, the speaker reverses the themes. The speaker openly suggests the theme of eternity while the theme of love develops through figurative language and ... metaphor. The speaker does this by presenting a contrast between the material world and the immaterial world. Despite this elementary difference in how the speaker illustrates these two themes, once they are ... ...

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... when he describes his youth as a fire, now going out. Ashes are the deathbed upon his last remaining fuel of life. This creates an image in the reader's mind. Also metaphor use was utilized when comparing night with death, creating an eery but comforting thought of death. The figurative language Shakespeare uses when he extends metaphors of the night and season ... have different ideas about what it truly means, how it feels, how it should be thought of and the way it affects, or should affect people. Word List: 1) Black death: metaphor for death itself. 2) Death's second self: black ni...

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... death, after the battle of life. In each stanza, there are a series of metaphors which conclude with the repeated "come to dust"- a metaphor for death, death being the tenor and dust is the vehicle. In stanza one, line four the metaphor "tane thy wages" depicts life to be a job- to be done in a set period of time, the vehicle being "wages" and ... ...

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... of ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. Additionally, among all other sonnets, Sonnet 130 consists of mixtures of similes and metaphors used throughout. The entire sonnet forms a series of comparisons. Shakespeare uses metaphor and similes to compare the features of his love to beautiful things they are not like. For Example: - In Line 1, he uses a simile to compare the "mistress eyes" to being ... "Nothing like the sun", in line 2, he uses a metaphor to illustrate how pale her "lips" are compared to a "coral" and so on. Finally, I can only say that Shakespeare has presented us, a vivid impression of a w...

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