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Unlocking the meaning of Shakespeare’s metaphors.
Develop students understanding offigurative language by asking themto interpret, extend, and createm e t a p h o r s .A metaphor is a figure of speech inwhich an object is described bycomparing it to something else. For exam-ple, in A Midsummer Night s Dream, a rosetakes on special meaning as a metaphorf o ra woman s marital status. A rose pluckedand distilled into perfume describes a mar-ried woman, while a rose that withers onthe stem describes a also used metaphors todescribe more abstract topics such as life,time, and the meaning of the universe. InThe Te m p e s tand A Midsummer Night sD r e a m, life is a dream in which we cannever be sure of what s real and what isn t .Prospero believes that the world will oneday disappear into thin air, just as dreamsdo ( ). In As You Like It( 3.)
M etaphorically S p e a k i n g Try your hand at interpreting the metaphors below. Then create a few of your own. M E T APHOR 1: The Meaning of Macbeth
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