Animal Imagery Literary Device. On animal imagery exemplified here are of mice and men by john steinbeck and othello by shakespeare and how they used some animal imagery. The last term zoomorphism refers to a literary device in which the writer ascribes animal characteristics to humans gods or other objects.
It makes you think while you read the book which is very intriguing. The last term zoomorphism refers to a literary device in which the writer ascribes animal characteristics to humans gods or other objects. If shakespeare didn t have any animal imagery in the play othello some parts of the play would be hard to understand and it wouldn t be as entertaining to read.
The purpose of anthropomorphism is to make an animal or object behave and appear like it is a human being.
Zoomorphism is the device of giving animal like qualities to anything that is not that animal such as humans gods and inanimate objects. It makes you think while you read the book which is very intriguing. Imagery is one of the strongest devices in literature wherein the author uses words and phrases to create. Animal imagery is one literary device he uses often to develop theme and characterize individuals in his plays.