Metaphor
A metaphor is a comparison between two different things. The words "like" or "as" are NOT used to create the relationship between the two entities.
Eliza: "Whats that you say?"
Higgins: "Yes, you squashed cabbage leaf, you disgrace to the noble architecture of these columns...I could pass you off as the Queen of Sheba" (Shaw 23, Act I).
Higgins compares Eliza to a squashed cabbage leaf without using the words "like" or "as." Here, Higgins truly shows that he believes everyone is beneath him. He believes his intellectual capabilities and social status place him on a level that is higher than everyone else. He takes this as justification to treat everyone poorly.
Higgins: "Yes, you squashed cabbage leaf, you disgrace to the noble architecture of these columns...I could pass you off as the Queen of Sheba" (Shaw 23, Act I).
Higgins compares Eliza to a squashed cabbage leaf without using the words "like" or "as." Here, Higgins truly shows that he believes everyone is beneath him. He believes his intellectual capabilities and social status place him on a level that is higher than everyone else. He takes this as justification to treat everyone poorly.