List one example from the play of each type of figurative language:
1. Metaphor
2. Hyperbole
Hints:
Review page 111 in the text book for the definitions of the terms above.
Turn to page 160 in the text book and look in the stage directions at the beginning of Act II.
Metaphor:
ReplyDeleteThe soup in the Proctor house represents the relationship between Elizabeth and John. John is not completely happy with all Elizabeth does so he adds spice to the soup, which represents Abigail. John had an affair with Abigail which means he wanted more in a relationship than he was getting.
Hyperbole:
John Proctor claims "This farm's a continent when you go foot by foot droppin' seeds in it." That's exaggerating because he farm is not really a continent. It is just very large.
1. Metaphor-The metaphor on here is the soup in the fire. It is comparing the soup to the Proctors marriage. He is not satisfied with it and the salt represents Abigail and their affair.
ReplyDelete2. Hyperbole-He is saying that the farm is huge when you have to drop seeds in it with out any assistance.
1.) The metaphor is that the soup is John an Elizabeth's marriage and he adds salt to it which referring to the affair. In the story it says, "Then he lift the ladle an tastes. He is not quite pleased.", this means that he was not happy with his marriage. Then it says, "He reaches in to the cupboard, takes a pinch of salt, and drops it into the pot." meaning he add Abigail into his life to spice it up. Next it says, "As he is tasting again, her footsteps are heard on the stairs. He swings the pot into the fireplace..." this tells us he kept his and Abigail's relationship a secret from his wife.
ReplyDelete2.) The hyperbole in Act II is found in lines 39-40, "This farm's a continent when you go foot by foot droppin' seeds in it.". What it is saying is that the farm seems so large when you have to go about the whole land dropping one seed at a time. This is why John Proctor refers to it as a continent.
"He is not quite pleased, he reaches in the cupbored and takes a pinch of salt and drops it in the pot." This is a metaphor. It is dscribing his relationship, and it is not good.
ReplyDelete"This farms a continent when you go foot by foot dropping seeds in it." This is an example of a hyperbole. It is describing how big the farm is.
Metaphor was "...He is not quite pleased." Comparing the pot to his Marriage with Elizabeth to which he is not pleased with.
ReplyDeleteHyperbole was "....it is the low, dark, rather long living room of the time." Exaggerating the living room, which was just a plain living room that was rather bigger than most in the town.
1. "Then he lifts out the ladle and tastes. He is not quite pleased. He reaches cupboard, takes a pinch of salt, and drops it into the pot."
ReplyDeleteThis metaphor is explaining John's pinch of salt which is Abigail and him dropping the pinch of salt into the pot is John's way of including the affair he had with Abigail, into Elizabeth's and his marriage life.
2. "This farm's a continent when you go foot by foot droppin' seeds in it."
This hyperbole is over exaggerating how big the farm is by saying it's as big as a continent and if you have to walk and drop seeds by hand taking every step by step or foot by foot.
one example of a metaphor in the play is proctor's correcting of the stew. It's a metaphor for his relationship with his wife, elizabeth. an example of a hyperbole from the play is proctor's statement:" your justice would freeze beer!".
ReplyDeleteMetaphor: "He reaches to a cupboard, takes a pinch of salt, and drops it into the pot."
ReplyDeleteHyperbole: "The farm's a continent when you go foot by foot droppin' seeds in it."
Metaphor- "The magistrate sits in your heart that judges you." There is no actual magistrate in your heart that judges you, he is referring to your conscience which can make you feel guilty.
ReplyDeleteHyperbole- "This farm's a continent when you go foot by foot droppin' seeds in" He is referring to the fact that when you have to walk and plant around an area of that size it seems like it is far larger than it actually is. So while the farm may actually only be a certain amount of acres he feels like it is the size of an actual continent.
Metaphor: The metaphor was when Proctor was comparing his relationship with the pot of soup.
ReplyDeleteHyperbole: Proctor is using hyperbole to describe how large his farm really is.
Metaphor- when Proctor adds salt to the soup to make it better he is representing how he added spice (Abigail) to his marriage.(pg 160)
ReplyDeleteHyperbole- When Proctor compares the size of his farm to the size of a continent. (39-40)
Metaphor- In the stage directions the Metaphor is the pot of soup which represents Elizabeth and John Proctor's marriage and the salt that he adds to it represents Abigail.
ReplyDeleteHyperbole- In the play Hyperbole shows up when Proctor says "This farm's a continent when you go foot by foot droppin' seeds in it." which is a form of hyperbole but also a form of a metaphor.
1.Metaphor- He is comparing his love life to the soup. The soup is bland without the salt, his love is bland without the 'friendship' he has with Abby.
ReplyDelete2.Hyperbole- He is exaggerating the size of his farmland. He says it is the size of a continent. No one's farm can be that big.
Metaphor- He says that the soup needs something added to it, he is comparing this to his love. He adds Abby to his life just like he adds salt to the soup.
ReplyDeleteHyperbole- He says his farm is the size of a continent. He is exaggerating the size of the farm.
Metaphor- Proctor compared his love life to the soup he was making. He said his soup needed salt added to it just like he needed Abigail added to his love life.
ReplyDeleteHyperbole- Proctor exaggerated the size of his land when he said it was as big as a continent.
1. Metaphor: "He lifts the ladle and taste. He is not quite pleased. He reaches to a cupboard, takes a pinch of salt, and drops it into the pot. As he is tasting again, her footsteps are heard on the stair. He swings the pot into the fireplace and goes to a basin and washes his hands and face."
ReplyDelete2. Hyperbole: "The farms a continent when you go foot by foot dropping seeds on it."
A metaphor is used when John Proctor puts salt in the soup Elizabeth made. John and Elizabeth's relationship is the soup and Abigail is the salt. This shows that John is not happy with his relationship with Elizabeth.
ReplyDeleteA hyperbole is used when John Proctor was explaining how big he sees the farm.
Metaphor: John Proctor compares adding Abigail to his love life to adding salt to soup.
ReplyDeleteHyperbole: John Proctor exaggerates his land by saying it's as big as a continent.
Metaphor: We burn a hot fire here, it melts down all concealment.
ReplyDeleteHyperbole: Abominations are done in the forest strike out against the Devil one child left of eight.
1. Metaphor is a comparison of two or more things without using the words "like" or "as" .
ReplyDeleteEx: "we burn a hot fire here, it melts down all concealment" Danforth uses this metaphor to suggest that the court of Salem will uncover the truth.
2. Hyperbole is exaggerating very large.
Ex: He exaggerated that his land was big as a continent. He was trying to say that he land is very huge.
1. Metaphor: An example of a metaphor is John Proctor comparing adding Abigail to his love life like adding salt to soup.
ReplyDelete2. Hyperbole: An example of a hyperbole is when Proctor says that his farm's a continent.