Both Uses of
antithesis
in
Middlemarch
- Mary Garth, on the contrary, had the aspect of an ordinary sinner: she was brown; her curly dark hair was rough and stubborn; her stature was low; and it would not be true to declare, in satisfactory antithesis, that she had all the virtues.†
Chpt 1antithesis = exact opposite
- "What do you think of that for a fine bit of antithesis?" said the German, searching in his friend's face for responding admiration, but going on volubly without waiting for any other answer.†
Chpt 2 *
Definition:
things that are exact opposite