oh also, is this line ¡°with
as little a web as this I will ensnare as great a fly as Cassio¡± considered a simile or metaphor?
I need to describe the use of sound in Othello the play. Could someone give me an example from Act II for me to analyze please?
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The use of the word 'as' in the comparison indicates a simile.
Actually, I think the speaker is Iago, is it not? You don't say in your question. But the web snaring a fly is a metaphor. He means to "snare" Othello. He thinks Cassio has designs on Othello's wife, Desdemona, or wants to prove Cassio has such designs, whether he does or not.
http://literary-devices.com/
Bookmark this, and use the list at the left as the table of contents, so to speak.
Bookmark this, and use the list at the left as the table of contents, so to speak.
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