AN ANALYSIS OF METAPHOR IN GRIMM BROTHERS SHORT STORIES
Keywords:
metaphor, short stories, meaning, type of metaphorAbstract
In this research, the writer analyzes kind of metaphors in Grimm Brothers’ short stories. The writer also tries to explain the meaning of metaphor. The data comes from the Grimm Brothers’ short stories that the writer has selected. The writer also utilizes a qualitative method to analyze. as well as several techniques to collect data, including: reading a short story as the first step, identifying words related to metaphor as the second step, and classifying each metaphor based on Ullman's theory, and then analyze the data in this study using Beekman and Callow’s theory as the final step. The results of this study showed there are 12 Anthropomorphic Metaphor, 15 Animal Meatphor, 11 Metaphor from Concrete to Abstract, and 13 Synaesthetic Metaphor. Therefore, The writer discovered no prevailing type in the short stories. Furthermore, the meaning from each metaphor can be interpreted through the existing context.References
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