An example of metaphor in literature
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A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as." It asserts that one thing is another thing to highlight a shared quality.
For example, in Shakespeare's As You Like It, Jaques says: "All the world's a stage, / And all the men and women merely players." Here, the world is directly compared to a stage, and people to actors, to suggest that life is a performance with predetermined roles.
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