![]() “The smoke-serpents, submissive to the curse of all that tribe, trailed themselves upon the earth.” (Bk. ![]() ![]() Allusion – an indirect reference to other things.Dickens uses a lot of imagery, but this sentence describes the house that the Gradgrinds live in and also provides a brief image of the stone cold Mr.“A great square house, with a heavy portico darkening the principal windows, as its master’s heavy brows overshadowed.” (Bk.Imagery – detailed explanations through words that are meant to create images in the mind of the reader.Hamlet illustrates his plan to lure out the King’s emotions and previous actions in a play that relates to what was done.The play’s the thing / Wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the King.” (Hamlet 2 2 600-601) Couplet – two lines of a verse that rhyme.He is talking about being cruel to others, more specifically his mother, in order to end up being kind. Hamlet is speaking to the ghost of his father and himself.“I must be cruel, only to be kind” (Hamlet 3 4 180).Oxymoron – a figure of speech in which contradictory terms are used in the same sentence/ subject.
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