“metaphors for God drawn from human experience can easily be literalized. While we are immediately aware that the personal God is not really a rock or a mother eagle, it is easy enough to imagine that God is really a king or a father.” HumansEnoughGodMotherReligionFatherEasyImagineRocksKingsMetaphorImagine ThatHuman ExperienceEagles Book:Women and the Word: The Gender of God in the New Testament and the Spirituality of Women Source: Women and the Word: The Gender of God in the New Testament and the Spirituality of Women
“When you're looking around for metaphor or simile, I do think it's often helpful to keep inside the world of the book, to gather your comparisons from the stuff particular to that world - be they king salmon and aviation fuel, or pot roasts and spatulas.” ThinkingWorldBookStuffParticularKingsMetaphorFuelAviationComparisonHelpfulPotSimileSalmonSpatulas Author:Leigh Newman
“I mean, of course "King Kong" is a metaphor for the slave trade. I'm not saying the makers of "King Kong" meant it to be that way, but that's what, that's the movie that they made - whether they meant to make it or not.” WayMeanMadeCoursesKingsTradeSlaveMetaphorMakersSlave TradeKing Kong Author:Quentin Tarantino
“To me "King Kong" is a metaphor for America's fear of the black male. And to me that's obvious. All right? So I mean that was one of the first things I said when I was talking to a friend of mine after he saw Peter Jackson's version of "King Kong."” FirstsMeanSaidAmericaBlackTalkingSawsMinesKingsMalesMetaphorObviousVersionsPeterBlack MalesKing Kong Author:Quentin Tarantino
“When King Lear dies in act five, do you know what Shakespeare has written? He has written, 'He dies.' No more. No fanfare, no metaphor, no brilliant final words. The culmination of the most influential piece of dramatic literature is, 'He dies.' Now I am not asking you to be happy at my leaving but all I ask you to do is to turn the page and let the next story begin. -- Mr. Magorium” KnowsStoriesDiesTurnsNextAsksLiteratureFivePiecesWrittenKingsPagesAskingFinalsLeavingMetaphorBrilliantDramaticDo You KnowInfluentialLearCulminationFinal WordsFanfare Author:Suzanne Weyn