高级英语第一册Blackmail的赏析(8)

自己写的赏析

you ,Duchess?,gotta,shulda,etc. so we can infer that Ogilvie is uneducated .Besides ,the author use a lot of physical descriptions to Ogilvie and he emphasize his eyes.The house detective’s eyes .the piggy eyes blinked.

Compared to the Duch, the Duchess is more acttrctive and impressive.In the text ,the autor use two long paragraphs psychological description to depict the careful calculation and strict budgeting of the Duchess. It seems that she faced Ogilvie by her own.

About the rhetoric

Metaphor:

...the nerves of both ... were excessively frayed...

his wife shot him a swift, warning glance.

The words spat forth with sudden savagery.

Her tone ...withered...

...self-assurance...flickered...

The Duchess kept firm tight rein on her racing mind.

Her voice was a whiplash.

eyes bored into him

I’ll spell it out.

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