FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: Analyze lines 61-69 to answer the next questions:

Question

b. When Brutus says, “The genius and the mortal instruments / Are then in council,” which form of figurative language does he use?

Julius Caesar Act l Scene ll

Asked by dan c #542269 on 4/20/2018 5:02 AM

Last updated by jill d #170087 on 4/20/2018 12:35 PM

Answered by jill d #170087 on 4/20/2018 12:35 PM

In context:

The genius and the mortal instruments.

Are then in council, and the state of a man,

Like to a little kingdom, suffers then

The nature of an insurrection.

In context, the lines in question are an example of simile.

Julius Caesar