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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=Ref2/> are the opening words of Mark Antony's famous speech during Act III, scene ii of the play. The "parts of a whole" connection comes from 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=Ref2/> are the opening words of Mark Antony's famous speech during Act III, scene ii of the play. The "parts of a whole" connection comes from 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.
If we need another literary example, we can use Charles Dickens's ''Little Dorrit.''


== Alongside Metonymy ==
== Alongside Metonymy ==
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