This question is based on Literary Appreciation.In Williams Shakespeare: Twelfth Night I have said too much unto a heart of stone, And laid my honour too un...

Assessment: JAMB UTME - Literature In English - 2015 Subject: Literature In English

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This question is based on Literary Appreciation.In Williams Shakespeare: Twelfth Night

I have said too much unto a heart of stone,

And laid my honour too unchary on it',

There's something in me that

Reproves my fault. But such a headstrong potent fault it is That it but mocks reproof.'

A heart of stone in the lines above is an example of

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The "heart of stone" in the lines above is an example of a metaphor. A metaphor is a figure of speech that describes something by saying that it is something else. In this case, the speaker is saying that the person they have spoken to has a heart that is unresponsive and insensitive, like a stone. The speaker is comparing their heart to a stone to show how little effect their words had on the person.
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