tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post3422325150005508306..comments2023-09-05T12:51:25.656-05:00Comments on edittorrent: More metaphorEdittorrenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295505709568570553noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-67985978503069888382011-08-02T11:25:21.615-05:002011-08-02T11:25:21.615-05:00ee--Thanks I will! And how clever the setting, an ...ee--Thanks I will! And how clever the setting, an "embassy town," filled with residents who aren't really there (embassies being the territory of the visiting nation). Great metaphor.<br />AEdittorrenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14295505709568570553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-8956573516423065102011-07-22T05:07:41.805-05:002011-07-22T05:07:41.805-05:00If you like The City and the City, check out Mievi...If you like The City and the City, check out Mieville's latest "Embassytown", which plays with the idea of metaphors and similes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-46989001129175105782011-07-18T10:39:48.946-05:002011-07-18T10:39:48.946-05:00Just think of "metaphor" as a large term...Just think of "metaphor" as a large term that really means "ways in which we represent something intangible". So since distances in yards is "intangible," I say, "Two football fields long," which is much more tangible.<br /><br />Or in order to represent Hamlet's obsession with death, Shakespeare has him pick up a skull and talk to it.<br />AliciaEdittorrenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14295505709568570553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-64275362766414952782011-07-17T22:08:22.266-05:002011-07-17T22:08:22.266-05:00Okay, I *think* I follow you. I've got to dig ...Okay, I *think* I follow you. I've got to dig up and re-read A Tale of Two Cities - or honestly, read it. I must have been 14 the last time, and don't remember it at all.<br /><br />[blush] I know I'm blathering, but I have to comment to follow comments.Deb Salisbury, Magic Seeker and Mantua-Makerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01513482264195697450noreply@blogger.com