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OpenStudy (wolfgirl12):

What's an example of an extended metaphor in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley?

OpenStudy (beauty18dd):

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OpenStudy (okagurao):

An extended metaphor, also known as a conceit or sustained metaphor, is when an author exploits a single metaphor or analogy at length through multiple linked vehicles, tenors, and grounds throughout a poem or story.

OpenStudy (berdiejoy):

"Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world. A new species would bless me as its creator and source"

OpenStudy (berdiejoy):

Is not literal but suggest a similarity

OpenStudy (anaise):

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