Stylistic Devices and Language Use in The Samaritan Act 3 Scene 3
Language Use and Stylistic Devices in The Samaritan Act 3 Scene 3
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Stylistic Devices and Language Use in The Samaritan Act 3 Scene 3
Language Use and Stylistic Devices in The Samaritan 1. Imagery a. Vivid description Has been used at the start of scene 3 and so there is the description of The Mayor who is seated. On the table are his usual stuff, the hat, three mobile phones and a walking stick. b. Simile Word of her arrest spread like a bushfire (P100). Mossi sprung to his feet like one stung by a bee pacing about his room in circles like a madman (101). It looks like a sewer rat (P.113). c. Personification Rodents have a sense of humour (P.110). No one has an idea who gave birth to them (P.110). They can learn to somersault (P.109). They won’t give you way if you meet in the granary, You are buddies (P.110) 2. Hyperbole The rodents and other rat’s ability are exaggerated. The rodents are said to have an attitude. Mossi tells Jaden that they have countless rodents in the granaries today and he thinks the rodents in the granaries are more than the grains (P 109). 3. Rhetorical Questions The judge uses rhetorical questions … And I…
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