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title: "Antithesis"
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# Antithesis

> Antithesis (антитеза, противопоставление) This denotes a structure that stresses a sharp contrast in...

Antithesis (антитеза, противопоставление)

This denotes a structure that stresses a sharp contrast in meaning between the parts within one sentence: *Art is long, life **is short; One man's meat is another man's poison; Some people are wise, some otherwise. *(B. Shaw)

*As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I*

*rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him; but as he was*

*ambitious, I slew him. There's tears for his love; joy for his fortune;*

*honour for his valour, and death for his ambition. *(Shakespeare)

*Youth is full ofpleasance,*

*Age is full of care;*

*Youth like summer morn,*

*Age like winter weather *(ib.)

some wellspread examples:

- *Many are called, but few are chosen.*

- *One small step for a man, one giant leap for all mankind*.

- Man proposes, God disposes.

- Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.

- Goethe

- Speech is silver, but Silence is Gold.

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