in the book (novel), The Castle of Otranto, what does the word "heaven" refer to in this sentence,
"heaven is no coubt displeased with your mockery of its servants(chapter 300)..............does it refer to God?
2007-12-25 05:56:26 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Your instinct is correct. That's a reference to God. The literary technique used in that sentence is "metonymy" (muh-TAW-nuh-mee), referring to something indirectly by referring to something else with which it is closely associated. For example, when you hear on the news that Washington and Moscow are conducting talks, that doesn't mean that the two cities are actually talking to each other. It means that the U.S. government and the Russian government are negotiating with one another. When a detective on "Law and Order" says that two uniforms have found a piece of evidence, he's referring to two police officers, not two bundles of cloth.
2007-12-25 08:03:54 · answer #1 · answered by classmate 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably. Seems sensible to me.
2007-12-25 07:24:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋