Word: metaphor
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...deeply resentful of his father's betrayal of his mother, and perhaps also of the force of simple virility that he himself lacks. Stephen Rowe throws a downright spooky cast on to the character's obsession with Hjalmer and the Ekdal family--and the wild duck, its most obvious metaphor. Even down-to-earth, matter-of-fact Gina Ekdal, somewhat heavily played by Karen MacDonald, shows signs of guilt and unease about her past, despite her assertions to the contrary. Hedvig, with her luminous innocence and child's intuition, is the one truly pure and simple character in the ensemble...
...When I said hi and you looked at me, we had that moment." David S. Goodman '97-'98, in a metaphor on his relationship with constituents as U.C. secretary...
...They get in the ring and start knocking each other out. They don't get anything done," he said, continuing the boxing metaphor Asgedom had used...
...fascinated by the notion that people who were supposed to be coddled and secure were facing imminent doom. "They thought they were safe in this big luxury hotel," he says. "In fact, they were in a steel object over 2 1/2 miles of water...It's a metaphor for the inevitability of death. We're all on the Titanic." Maybe so, but at the moment executives at Fox and Paramount are probably feeling it more than the rest...
...statement shocks, as it was no doubt meant to, but it is a metaphor for Ellroy's narrative and investigative methods. Mere sentiment deflects the truth. Love and reconciliation can come only through knowledge, however horrifying. His journey toward his mother goes beyond the personal into a world of pain and redemption...