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Read the excerpt from Hamlet.
Hamlet: The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remember’d.
When Hamlet refers to Ophelia as a nymph, this is an example of a(n) ______ ?
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He's directly calling Ophelia a "nymph," comparing her to a mythic, idealized figure without using "like" or "as" (i.e., a direct metaphor).
He's directly calling Ophelia a "nymph," comparing her to a mythic, idealized figure without using "like" or "as" (i.e., a direct metaphor).
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