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Personification is the figure of speech which gives life to inanimate objects.
Examples of personification are:
The flowers are dancing with the breeze.
The wind that gives you a cold embrace.
Hyperbole is used to exaggerate things. Metaphor and simile are used to compare two unlike things.
The characteristic that Ralph shows is his bravery as he is defending Piggy against such great numbers ( the entire tribe ).
Answer:
The way Oscar Wilde used Algernon’s attitude to poke fun at society’s traditional rules of behavior is:
In traditional society, Algernon would be expected to defend his aunt. Instead, he speaks freely about his feelings toward family.
Explanation:
The reasons behind this answer are that in the first place the story takes place in a context that idealized and expected people to defend his family even if what people said about them was the truth. Now, the way Wilde turns this is a very progressive one that made him a brilliant misunderstood individual because he said relationships don't know when to die.
