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Allegory and Simile
Includes questions related the use of symbolic representation and the comparison of unlike things.
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What are some of The Great Gatsby's most important symbols?
1. The valley of ashes
2. The eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg
3. the color green, yellow, gold, white and blue
4. weather
5. Gatsby's car
What are the political allegory in gulliver travel and others allegories?
Similarity between Gulliver's Travels and Robinson Crusoe
Two of the more engaging books of the Romantic Era, Defoe's Robinson Crusoe and Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, are superficially very similar. Both describe the hero's travels to strange places and his adventures among outlandish peoples. They both reflect the literary need of the time to, at least on the surface, be based on true accounts; that is, the initial plot is within the realm of possibility and then treads lightly into a land of imagination. Swift uses the fictional story to make a moral and philosophical point, while Defoe proclaims his moral purpose like a revivalist, but puts in plenty of sensational, adventurous and imaginative detail to engage the reader. This 5 page paper asserts that the values that are represented in the life of Robinson Crusoe are those valued in Christianity: prudence, temperance, and the other qualities Crusoe needs for a good life on the island. His association with Friday is that of missionary to convert. Gulliver's attempts at self-perfection and proselytizing, his inability to achieve the Houyhnhnm ideal and his inability to recognize the Christian wisdom embodied in the Captain's charity, serve to mock both the Enlightenment idea of humanity's innate goodness and Christianity's desire for sanctification. No additional sources are listed.
Where are the allusions in the Lord of the Flies?
there are many biblical allusions such as Simon representing Simon peter the disciple and the lord of the flies being the devil belzelbub
beginning of chapter 4, p. 67, chapter 6, p. 83, your welcome
The dead parachutist is the beast in the boys' mind, and this alludes to Revelations in the New Testament.
The island as a whole represents the Garden of Eden, and the boys taint it with evil.
Is the phrase That joke is as stale as last weeks bread a simile or a metaphor?
It is a simile as it is describing the joke as last week's breakfast rather than saying it 'is' last weeks brekfast
What is an example of an epic simile in the Aeneid?
as many souls as leaves that yield their hold on boughs and fall through forests in the early frost of autumn
What are some examples of fall metaphors?
Yellow, orange and red leaves on trees.
Shorter days and chilly weather.
In crispin thew cross of lead what does widow daventry tell crispin about bear?
That he is Lord Furnival's son :)
Is this a simile or a metaphor the world is like a vampire?
it is a simile because it compares and uses as
Diamonds are the hardest natural material on earth. They are so hard because their composition is carbon, one of the smallest elements, and those atoms share electron bonds producing a very tight bond between the already small atoms.
It should be noted that diamond has a range of hardness, depending on where you are within the crystal structure. Think of it as having seams, and thus differing hardness as you move across the crystal.
Is 'The moon was a silver dollar' a simile or metaphor?
The moon was a silver dollar is definitely a metaphor. Remember that for something to be a simile it must be preceded by like or as.
What does this simile mean 'After the days of loose rain bellowing like a undone curtains'?
its comparing the bellowing rain and the undone curtins and that is what it means
an allergory is a story in which objects and characters stand for something other than themselves.
What is a metaphor for stress?
The stress weighed her down like a bag of hammers.
This is not a metaphor. It is a simile.
Stress is a person's worst enemy.
The car was roaring simile or metaphor?
This phrase is neither a simile or metaphor, it is pesonification. if you want a simile you might say...The car was roaring like a cat. or a metaphor...the roaring car was a cat
