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Simile

Definition: A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as.

Example:

"O! never shall sun that morrow see.
Your face, my thane, is as a book where men may read strange matters. To beguile the time, look like the time; bear welcome in your eye, your hand, your tongue: look like the innocent flower,
But be the serpent under 't.
He that's coming must be provided for and you shall put this night's great business into my dispatch."
(Act 1, Scene 5, Lines 60-67).


Explanation:

In this scene, Macbeth is questioning whether or not to kill Duncan. The spoken words of Lady Macbeth are encouraging him to make the right decision, or what Lady Macbeth believes to be right.

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Metaphor

Courtney Brock, Mr. Brisebois, English 11 A2, May 12, 2005