All 3 Uses of
metaphor
in
All's Well That Ends Well
- Nay, you need not to stop your nose, sir; I spake but by a metaphor.†
Scene 5.2 *
- Indeed, sir, if your metaphor stink, I will stop my nose; or against any man's metaphor.†
Scene 5.2
- Indeed, sir, if your metaphor stink, I will stop my nose; or against any man's metaphor.†
Scene 5.2
Definition:
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(metaphor) a figure of speech in which a similarity between two things is highlighted by using a word to refer to something that it does not literally denote -- as when Shakespeare wrote, "All the world’s a stage"
When Shakespeare wrote, "All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players." he was not saying the world is really a stage and all people are actors. But he was pointing to the similarities he wants us to recognize.editor's notes: While metaphors and similes are both techniques of figurative language. The distinction is that a simile explicitly shows that a comparison is being made, by using words such as "like" or "as". A metaphor simply substitutes words assuming the reader will understand the meaning should not be take literally. "She is like a diamond in the rough" is a simile; while "She is a diamond in the rough" is a metaphor.