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26 December, 07:05

You there-you snake lurking in my house, sucking out my life's blood so secretly. I'd no idea I was nurturing two pests, who aimed to rise against my throne.

Creon speaks these lines to Ismene. Which literary device does Sophocles use in this passage?

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  1. 26 December, 07:15
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    The correct answer should be a metaphor. He's not really talking to a snake, but rather to Ismene, who he believes is behaving like a snake. Therefore, this is a metaphor.
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