English & Literature
Literary Devices
Show literally devices in the novel devil on the cross
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Show literally devices in the novel devil on the cross
Simile:
She swallowed a lump, and her heart began to beat as if to the rhythm of a prayer: in times of troubles, do not O Father, look the other way.
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Like Christ, a symbol of compassion and mercy, the Devil is crucified. Unlike Christ, however, it is not God who frees him but an ominous and threatening group of men in suits. The vision is a metaphor for the nominal decolonization of the postcolonial state, followed by its subsequent neo-colonization.
Devil on the Cross