All 12 Uses of
metaphor
in
The Da Vinci Code
- That is, that the Grail story uses the chalice as a metaphor for something else, something far more powerful.†
Chpt 37-38metaphor = a figure of speech in which a similarity between two things is highlighted
- Langdon apparently decided the unseemly metaphor had gone far enough.†
Chpt 53-54
- That is to say, the legend uses the chalice as a metaphor for something far more important.†
Chpt 55-56
- Magdalene's story has been shouted from the rooftops for centuries in all kinds of metaphors and languages.†
Chpt 57-58 *metaphors = figures of speech in which a similarity between two things is highlighted
- When the Church outlawed speaking of the shunned Mary Magdalene, her story and importance had to be passed on through more discreet channels...channels that supported metaphor and symbolism.†
Chpt 61-62metaphor = a figure of speech in which a similarity between two things is highlighted
- For the trained symbologist, watching an early Disney movie was like being barraged by an avalanche of allusion and metaphor.†
Chpt 61-62
- Every religion describes God through metaphor, allegory, and exaggeration, from the early Egyptians through modern Sunday school.†
Chpt 81-82
- Metaphors are a way to help our minds process the unprocessible.†
Chpt 81-82metaphors = figures of speech in which a similarity between two things is highlighted
- The problems arise when we begin to believe literally in our own metaphors.†
Chpt 81-82
- Those who truly understand their faiths understand the stories are metaphorical.†
Chpt 81-82
- ...mythological knight named Parsifal who......metaphorical Grail quest that arguably......the London Philharmonic in 1855...Rebecca Pope's opera anthology "Diva's......Wagner's tomb in Bayreuth, Germany..."Wrong Pope," Langdon said, disappointed.†
Chpt 95-96
- By teaching through a metaphorical game, the followers of the Grail disguised their message from the watchful eye of the Church.†
Chpt 95-96
Definition:
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.
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.
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.