Metaphor
In William Shakespeare's "As You Like It," this phrase describes the world as a stage and people as actors.
What is "All the world's a stage"?
In O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi," this couple sells their most prized possessions to buy gifts for each other, only to find those gifts are now useless.
Who are Jim and Della?
In William Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," these flowers are described as dancing.
What are daffodils?
In Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter," this letter symbolizes shame and adultery.
What is the letter "A"?
This young wizard attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and faces Voldemort.
Who is Harry Potter?
In Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken," this metaphor represents life's choices.
What is "Two roads diverged in a wood"?
In William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," this tragic event occurs because the main characters are unaware of each other's actions.
What is the double suicide of Romeo and Juliet?
In Emily Dickinson's poem, "Because I could not stop for Death," this entity is personified as a kind and patient gentleman.
Who is death?
In George Orwell's "Animal Farm," this farm symbolizes the Russian Revolution and the rise of Stalinism.
What is Animal Farm?
This hobbit is entrusted with the task of destroying the One Ring in Middle-earth.
Who is Frodo Baggins?
In F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," this character's dream is often symbolized by the green light.
Who is Jay Gatsby?
In George Orwell's "Animal Farm," this group of animals becomes as oppressive as the humans they overthrew.
Who are the pigs?
In George Orwell's "1984," this government entity is personified as an omnipresent and omnipotent figure.
Who is big brother?
In F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," this color is associated with wealth, greed, and the American Dream.
What is green?
The witty and independent heroine of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice".
Who is Elizabeth Bennet?
In Emily Dickinson's poem "Hope is the thing with feathers," hope is metaphorically compared to this creature.
What is a bird?
In Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice," this character initially judges another as proud, only to realize they have their own prejudices.
Who is Elizabeth Bennet?
In F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," this green light is personified as a beacon of hope and dreams.
What is the green light?
In Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird," this character symbolizes innocence and the destruction of innocence.
Who is the mockingbird?
The lawyer who defends Tom Robinson in Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird".
Who is Atticus Finch?
In John Donne's poem "No Man is an Island," this metaphor suggests that no one is truly independent.
What is "No man is an island"?
In "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum, this character discovers he had the brains he sought all along.
Who is the Scarecrow?
In Shakespeare's "Sonnet 18," this natural element is personified as having a "gold complexion dimmed."
What is the sun?
In William Golding's "Lord of the Flies," this object represents law, order, and civilization.
What is the conch shell?
This meticulous detective created by Agatha Christie solves complex mysteries.
Who is Hercule Poirot?