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==== 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 opening words of Mark Antony's famous speech during Act III, scene ii of the play. The "parts of a whole" connection to synecdoche is with the ears that are part of the whole human body. Antony does not plea for his countrymen's physical ears; rather, he requires what they represent: their attention and their minds. | "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears..."<ref name=Ref1/> are the opening words of Mark Antony's famous speech during Act III, scene ii of the play. The "parts of a whole" connection to synecdoche is with the ears that are part of the whole human body. Antony does not plea for his countrymen's physical ears; rather, he requires what they represent: their attention and their minds. | ||
== Alongside Metonymy == | == Alongside Metonymy == | ||