This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
In Williams Shakespeare: Twelfth Night
I have said too much unto a heart of stone,
And laid my honour too unchary on it’,
There’s something in me that
reproves my fault. But such a headstrong potent fault it is That it but mocks reproof.’
A heart of stone in the lines above is an example of
- assonance
-
Metaphor
- Litotes
- antonym
The correct answer is: B
Explanation
A heart of stone in the excerpt is metaphor because it is a direct comparison without the use of 'as' or 'like'.There is an explanation video available .