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    Hemingway's Metaphor

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    including metaphors. Hemingway uses the metaphor of the ocean to show life and the role that people play in their lives. Hemingway uses the metaphor of the lions to signify people who live their lives as actively. The tourists in the book represent the people who in observe their lives and who do not take part in their own lives. In this book Ernest Hemingway uses metaphors to reflect his life experiences and opinions. The ocean is a metaphor‚ which represents Hemingway’s view of life. Hemingway

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    Theories as Metaphors

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    Theories as Metaphors Root metaphor According to Stephen Pepper(1942)‚ provides a model for understanding phenomena‚ and it is often unconscious. He had six world views 1. Animism – characteristics of a human or a spirit 2. Mysticism – knowledge is acquired through revelation of experience 3. Formism – forms exist in nature 4. Mechanism – forces are transmitted to produce effects 5. Organicism – stages of development 6. Contextualism – situations changes as events unfold

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    Conceptual Metaphor

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    Literature Review on Metaphors From the Perspective of Cognitive Linguistics The definition of metaphor   Traditionally‚ metaphor is a figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another by saying that one is the other‚ as in “He is a tiger”. It is a property of words‚ and is used for some artistic and rhetorical purpose. However‚ this view has been challenged recently by cognitive linguists (Liu & Wen‚ 2012: 249). Cognitive linguists and philosophers have shown that metaphors are not just a

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    power of metaphor

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    Metaphor—a literary technique used to clarify the “darkness inside a cloud” (Selection 2). The power of metaphor is utilized throughout the world of language on a daily basis to clarify‚ explain‚ and act as a moral instrument. Metaphor can be described‚ as it was by Cynthia Ozick‚ author of The Shawl‚ as “the mind’s opposable thumb”: just as one cannot grasp objects without an opposable thumb‚ one can also not write successfully without the aid of metaphor (Selection 1). Metaphor evidently has great

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    Metaphor Essay

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    Hell “Cold as Ice vs. hot as hell” is a metaphor that is applied to our daily lives. At times we are not in its control. The following metaphors described‚ “Cold as ice vs. hot as hell” as a characteristic or personality. Allow me to explain the differences between both of the following metaphors meanings. It is with in our nature to remain either calm or peaceful‚ yet at times we have the most complex mental personalities. This metaphor would be an alteration of “cold as ice vs. hot as

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    Metaphors of Organizations

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    Metaphors of Organizations "All theories of organization and management are based on implicit images or metaphors that persuade us to see‚ understand‚ and imagine situations in partial ways. Metaphors create insight. But they also distort. They have strengths. But they also have limitations. In creating ways of seeing‚ they create ways of not seeing. Hence there can be no single theory or metaphor that gives an all-purpose point of view. There can be no ’correct theory ’ for structuring everything

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    Ghalib and Metaphor

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    The sheer lyrical power of metaphor can be found throughout Ghalib’s poetry. Ghalib utilizes this figure of speech‚ I believe‚ to help us connect to and really experience what he is trying to tell us about life‚ love‚ and hardship. It seems that‚ through metaphor‚ he implores us to delve deeper into his writings and enter into the suffering‚ heartache‚ alienation‚ and ambition that marked his entire life. Using ghazal’s from the Joy of the Drop website‚ I will examine and discuss the verses that

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    Metaphor Of The Panopticon

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    essay will be examining it as a metaphor for life today. Given the limit‚ the structure is to identify the panopticon and identify areas in organisations (3 of the 5 organisations as identified by Henry Mintzberg 1988) and society today where is fits as a metaphor. This will be followed by a discussion in relation to Michel Foucault’s work whilst drawing upon various examples within contemporary organisations and society to conclude on whether it is a good metaphor or not. The Panopticon This is

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    Machelling Metaphors

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    As regards what I mean by metaphor‚ I want to stress how I am employing this concept borrowing on Soskice’s claim that we should understand metaphors just as a way of using our language. Therefore‚ models‚ allegories‚ symbols‚ may elicit or connect to metaphoric language‚ but are different from metaphors as they have a non-linguistic nature. This is important‚ as often metaphor is simply a synonym for allegory. This‚ is exactly what Schelling thinks symbols are not‚ as allegories are always to

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    The Machine Metaphor

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    The Machine Metaphor and Organizations Today The machine metaphor points out the ways that organizations are specialized‚ standardized‚ and predictable. When I try to apply this metaphor to real life‚ the first thing that comes to mind is the assembly line inside a factory. To create a product each member has their role on the assembly line and there isn’t much deviation from the set process otherwise the product may be unpredictable. In an assembly line the work is done simultaneously to achieve

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