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Because curly's wife was very lonely and considered Lennie to be a replacement of affection she did not usually receive
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The correct answer of the given question above would be option C. METAPHOR. The given sentence above from "Self-Reliance", the type of figurative language used is metaphor. A metaphor is a figurative language that compares two different things. In this sentence, society and joint-stock company are being compared. Hope this answer helps.
Your answer is C.
This is why:
So, Mathilde is very disappointed with how poor she and her husband are. We can tell by how she lusts and longs for the things she cannot afford. She longs to have these nice things, but cannot have them. She longs to be rich, but she is just simply not.
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a. history of Scotland by Raphael Holinshed