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The quote “As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods. / They kill us for their sport” is one of Shakespeare's most famous lines. Analogy, inversion, simile, cynicism, sententious are all present in his quote. To begin with, an analogy is seen in this quote because Gloucester compares their own situation between them and their children to that of flies and wanton boys as like the flies they have not provoked the boys but they are still receiving punishment similar to the flies getting their wings plucked from their body, but in Gloucester's case he had his eyes plucked from his head. Furthermore, Inversion is present in this quote as at the beginning of the story Gloucester and Lear held all the power and were the gods they now fear, now

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