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=== In Literature === | === In Literature === | ||
==== William Shakespeare's ''The Tragedy of Julius Caesar'' ==== | ==== William Shakespeare's ''The Tragedy of Julius Caesar'' ==== | ||
"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears..."<ref name=Ref1/> are the starting words of Mark Antony's famous speech during Act III, scene ii of the play. Ears are part of the whole human body. | "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears..."<ref name=Ref1/> are the starting words of Mark Antony's famous speech during Act III, scene ii of the play. Ears are part of the whole human body. Antony does not require his countrymen's physical ears; rather, he requires what they represent: their attention. | ||
==== Example of Literature 2 ==== | ==== Example of Literature 2 ==== | ||
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In Literature
William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears..."[1] are the starting words of Mark Antony's famous speech during Act III, scene ii of the play. Ears are part of the whole human body. Antony does not require his countrymen's physical ears; rather, he requires what they represent: their attention.
Example of Literature 2
Alongside Metonymy
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