The Tempest
Sc. 2, Lines 85–87: To what does Prospero compare Antonio and himself in this metaphor? What effect does the metaphor have on the reader?
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He compares Antonio to a song that everyone is forced to sing to. Prospero calls himself a tree and Antonio ivy (sticking to a tree) that sucked all the life out of him.