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Benedick Cat Simile
Simile uses the words like and as to compare two object which are not alike. It use to give information about one object that is unknown by the reader by comparing it to something with which the reader is familiar. For example in line 241, “I’ll live as a bachelor”. This gives the reader information about Benedick lifestyle by comparing him to a bachelor. This form of simile is explicit because it indicates what characteristic of Benedick and a bachelor are being shared. In this particular line, Shakespeare used simile to paint and procedure an images that carry more emotion than words can deliver in the readers mind. Also Shakespeare use implicit simile in line 252, “If I do, hang me in a bottle like a cat and”. In this form of simile one
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