King Lear

Examples of figurative language in King Lear include metaphors, similes, and personification. Metaphors are used to compare Lear's daughters to animals, similes compare the storm to Lear's rage, and...

In Edgar's soliloquy in William Shakespeare's King Lear, various rhetorical devices enhance the dramatic impact. Alliteration, such as "happy hollow," and personification, like "persecutions of the...

In their first speeches, Goneril and Regan use exaggerated and insincere language to express love for their father, King Lear. Goneril claims her love surpasses all worldly things, while Regan echoes...