ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -What literary device is present? What does it mean? “Society is a joint-stock company, in which the members agree, for the better securing of his bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater.” This is a metaphor.

Detailed explanation-2: -The transparent eyeball is a philosophical metaphor originated by American transcendentalist philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. In his essay Nature, the metaphor stands for a view of life that is absorbent rather than reflective, and therefore takes in all that nature has to offer without bias or contradiction.

Detailed explanation-3: -Metaphor Examples in Self-Reliance: Emerson says that humans are “ashamed” of their own thoughts and feelings, and he then goes on to point out that nature is never “ashamed.” He calls for humans to return to their natural state and to stop overthinking and worrisome behavior.

Detailed explanation-4: -In Self-Reliance, Emerson’s purpose is to promote ideas of individualistic thinking. Emerson uses strong, rhetorical strategies, such as figurative language, allusions, and complex syntax and parallelism to effectively persuade his audience to trust their own thoughts.

Detailed explanation-5: -The simile means that no matter what you are told to be true, the most important truths come from yourself and not from the mouths of others.