Because figurative language is comparing something to another thing which is unrealistic because it's a figure of speech.While literal language is well, literal it's completely logical and makes sense and anybody can understand it.
Laurie was misbehaving at home. Jackson learned that there was in fact no Charles and that Laurie had been the one pulling the pranks that he blamed on "Charles"
The theme was horror due to how he used his word setup. And plus the conflict of the whole book was a creepy puppet that wanted to take the boy.
Pretty sure it's for shakespheare He did it because it's apart of romeo and juliette, I'm pretty sure you've heard of it. But if not it's a act shakespheare had, With many poems exetra.
