Technology: Epic Simile

A simile that takes a non-human thing (an animal, a plant, etc.) and offers it as a metaphor for the human experience.

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Beloved
Experience: Courage
Narrative Technology: Epic Simile
"like a child's house, the house of a very tall child"
Contributed by: angusif
November 15, 2024
The Iliad
Experience: Courage
Narrative Technology: Epic Simile
"Like a Lion is glad to find the carcass of a wild deer or goat/When he is hungry, and devours it greedily/Even as eager hunters and their quick dogs rush upon him,/So was Menelaus glad to see Alexander"
Contributed by: angusif
November 15, 2024