"The metaphor is cleverer than the author" (Lichtenberg), a "screen," an "instrument for bundling" (Müller), because "everything changes so much" (Gertrude Stein) - Müller explicates these functions of figurative language with reference to the use of metaphors in Shakespeare. This use of metaphor corresponds to the acceleration of the Elizabethan age (the second half of the sixteenth century), the consolidation of which compels Shakespeare to use an allegorizing language in his last plays.
Alexander Kluge
Director
Shakespeare in Love68%
Emily68%
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life73%
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)74%
The Hot Chick63%
A Different Man69%
I'm Still Here59%
The Father80%
King Lear60%
The Substance71%
Clueless72%
Much Ado About Nothing67%
Life of Brian77%
Mary Queen of Scots65%
Coming to America68%
Sunset Boulevard82%
In the Loop70%
The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest58%
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion62%
The Other Side of the Wind67%
