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Spectator Forms

FORMS: IMAGE, SYMBOL, ICON, TROPE

I. METAPHOR (meta = over) -- to carry over; a figure of speech, containing an implied comparison, in which a word or phrase ordinary and primarily used of one thing is applied to another.

II. METONYMY (meto = other, nymy = name) -- a figure of speech in which the name of one thing is used in place of another associated with or suggested by it.

III. SYNECDOCHE -- a figure of speech in which a part is used for a whole, an individual for a class, a material for a thing, or the reverse of any of these.

IV. IRONY

II & III are the main theatre methods of signifying

Symbol -- something that stands for, represents, or suggests another thing

Image -- an imitation or representation (type?) reflection, picture

Mental images and stage images

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