More unusual and original
metaphors are used a great deal in
literature. Here are some famous
metaphors from Shakespeare.
Write the metaphors in each
case and explain what they suggest.
- All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players.
- We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.
- There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.
Possible Answer
- All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players.
The line suggests that life is like a theatre and that possibly the roles are written in advance, with people being like actors in that they all have different parts to play. (from As You Like It)
- We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep.
The line suggests that people’s lives have as little substance as a dream. Death is likened to sleep at the end of the short day that is all that life is. (from The Tempest)
- There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.
The line suggests that our lives have tides like the sea and we must take advantage of lucky opportunities, metaphorical flood tides, in order to be transported to good times. (from Julius Caesar)
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