Metaphors In The Crucible

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As I was thinking of a metaphor my Supervisor was having a moment of frustration and she said: “Take me away Calgon”! I immediately said to myself, that’s it! That’s it a metaphor that we usually use when we want to get away from something, in her case she is frustrated so she wants to relax and Calgon is a bubble bath product. If someone that does not know about the commercial because they are too young to know since is a commercial from the 70’sr or just simply don’t remember. Might think right away that she is referring to a person, perhaps calling out loud to her husband or someone to take her away from the stress situation that she is encountering at the moment.

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