Hazlitt Figurative Language

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Hazlitt’s use of figurative language allows the reader to reflect on their own views of money while also establishing his credibility as a professional writer amidst the chaos of the world. Although Hazlitt uses allusions throughout the text, the use of hyperbole is also evident within it. He writes on how a person’s fate is to be “an exile in one’s own country” as a result of lusting for money.

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