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Poetic Metaphors Used by Boccaccio, Aquinas, Sidney, Shelley, and Aristotle

In twelve pages the poetic metaphor and its value is assessed within the works of these varied literary and philosophical icons. ...

Metaphors of Darkness and Light in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

In five pages this paper discusses how the characters in this Shakespearean tragedy are better understood through the metaphors of...

Biological Metaphors

In five pages this paper discusses biomining and bioreactors in this overview of metaphors in biology. Eight sources are cited in...

Metaphor and Symmetry in Escher's Works

In ten pages this paper examines Escher's works in a consideration of the mathematical, scientific, metaphorical, and symmetrical ...

The Government Metaphor of Al Capone's Chicago Control

In a research paper consisting of five pages the similarities between a government and Al Capone's crime syndicate are compared in...

Morgan's Organizational Metaphors and the Microsoft Corporation Analyzed

its popular Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office Suite. The company has expanded within the last decade to include su...

Ship of State Metaphor in Book VI of Plato's The Republic

reaching true conclusions and therefore may use their knowledge of language and logic to confuse the average person on the issues ...

Metaphors of Leadership

sees the gestalt, the large picture, who has natural insight into what will happen and acts to meet those future challenges before...

Shakespeare's Sonnet 73 and Metaphor

is symbolic of life. Man hopefully lives a long, full life full of many experiences that culminate to form the "autumn" of the in...

Political Writing and Metaphor

at Dukes by Aram Bakshian Jr., which appeared in the American Spectator in 1993 will be utilized. It is a lighthearted piece that...

Modern Literature and Body Metaphors

such as when an individual describes himself as being "torn in two", "up against a wall", or "hot-blooded" in which individuals ma...

The Bone People by Keri Hulme and Structural Metaphors

only now an even deeper character has been introduced, Daniels, who bloody death Simon has brought into Kerewins tower house. When...

Archetypal Metaphors in A Clockwork Orange

who is so conditioned by the state that he is unable to survive in the real world. Finally, a violent past which he is unable to c...

'Oranges and Sweet Sister Boy' by Judy Ruiz and Metaphors

yet durable external shell which can be peeled away to reveal the different sections. While the sections are all different they to...

Metaphor of Phoenix Rising

began to feel old and weak, it would gather spices and aromatic branches, make a fire and immolate itself in the fragrant flames (...

Metaphors of the Body

rational level. In order to accomplish this task, the article informs the reader that the US plans to spend $3.5 billion to rebui...

Poetry and Metaphors

savagery which slavery brought with it. Notice in this passage how the belles traits are given, then immediately juxtaposed with t...

'Irish Conversation' Metaphor and Southwest Airlines

Clearly, the relationship between Southwest Airlines marketing division as guided by owner Herb Kelleher and the metaphoric Irish ...

Metaphors and Themes in Works of Louis De Bernieres and Primo Levi

make an appearance in the book until nearly mid-way through. However, it is quickly understood, once he appears, that he and his m...

Poetry and Metaphor

is T.S. Eliots The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. Through the adroit use of metaphor Eliot invites the reader to undertake a jo...

Metaphor Controlling

interesting to note, there are several distinctions of metaphors. According to the online Merriam-Webster dictionary (2002) metaph...

Simile and Metaphor

arms off and place them somewhere, nor did she wage a real battle on the high window. Even the terms high window and shadow can be...

Health Care, Organization, and Metaphor

In five pages this report examines metaphor in a consideration of the health care organizational environment. Three sources are c...

Metaphor in 'Cathedral' by Raymond Carver

extensively from both the perspective of the unsighted as one who fails to see the beauty of the world around him to the sightless...

Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms and the Rain Metaphor

In five pages this paper discusses how death and separation are metaphorically represented by rain in Ernest Hemingway's A Farewel...

Lord Byron's Poems and the Metaphors of Love and Fame

more likely that they will remember and personally value the days of their youth. Byron takes a strong stand in representing thi...

'The Flea' by John Donne, Meaning and Metaphor

imagery and emotional intensity alone, but by considering the social context that they grew out of and how they address it, a whol...

Metaphor Concept and Theories

hand is a condensed form of simile, or the simile without the use of the words "like" or "as" (1978). Both are comparisons but mos...

'Heavenly' Jackson's Island in Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

In five pages Twain's use of metaphors in this novel are analyzed in a consideration of Jackson's Island and how this symbolically...

Psychoanalysis Reading of 'The Lost Titian' by Christina Rossetti

do with her own ambitions and determination to be acknowledged as a meaningful writer than it has to do with her ability to write ...