Arts >> Theater >> Monologues

What are examples of Simile in Friar speech?

1. "And like a snail, whose tender horns being hit, Shrinks back into its shelly cave with pain" (Like in a snail who retreats into its shell when its horns are touched)

2. "With eyes as red as new-kindled fire" (Her eyes were as red as newly lit fire)

3. "She that was as fresh / As Dian in her christral car" (She who was as fresh as the moon goddess Diana in her crystalline car)

4. "He is in your closet there already, no sooner lost than won, like to a French crown" (He is already hiding in your room, like a lost and found French crown)

5. "Thy beauty lies without thee unlike my soul" (Your beauty is external, like outside you, unlike my soul)

Monologues

Related Categories