Perhaps what you are seeking here is a “physical” metaphor. For instance, the trees that the devil is chopping down are all very impressive on their outsides, but rotten on the inside. This “rottenness” is a metaphor for the big-shot men of the town itself: They are all very flashy outwardly, but inwardly, they are “rotten” or evil. This type of symbolism was very popular during the time of Irving, Hawthorne, and Poe.

Another metaphor occurs at the end, when Tom’s horses become skeletons, his riches turn to wood chips and shavings, and his house burns. The symbolism, or metaphor, that is seen here is the ruin and decimation of Tom’s life itself. All that is left is worthless. 

How’s this?
“Tom’s wife was a tall termagant.”
A termagant is “a violent, turbulent, or brawling woman.
or
When Tom sticks his walking stick into the ground he finds a human skull with an Indian tomahawk buried in it. One sentence later, Irving writes, “It [the skull imbedded with the tomahawk] was a dreary momento . . .”
or
The devil says to Tom ” I am the wild huntsman in some countries; the black miner in others.”

There is also a simile, which is a form metaphor:
Tom is described as pick his way through the forest “like a cat.”

Another example is simile and personification, also a form of metaphor:
“He [Tom] arrived at a firm piece of ground. . .like a peninsula into the deep bosom of the swamp.”

Hope these help.

im looking for an exact quote from the story.

I’m a little confused about your question because Hester did not write “The Scarlet Letter” and the story is not told from a first person point of view. If you are referring to the letter “A” that Hester embroiders on her chest, it was a work of art. Instead of being plain and simple, she used her skills as a seamstress to embellish the letter with golden thread and fancy stitches. Obviously, this is not what the Puritans had in mind. Her design of the scarlet letter implied that she was proud of her sin and she was not intimidated by the Puritan authorities.

The title may be more of a reflection of the author’s attitude than the townspeople in “A Rose for Emily.” When William Faulkner was asked about the significance of the title of the story, he said that the “rose” represented a tribute to Emily. Others have suggested that the rose represents the kind of thing you would put on the coffin of someone who has died, or a beautiful flower that has nasty thorns. However, the attitude of the townspeople towards Emily is apparent in the way they treat her. To them, she is a part of the Old South, a member of a distinguished family who deserves respect. Even though her father left her no money when he died, the town leaders treat give her special consideration. They find a way so she won’t have to pay taxes. The entire town ignores the horrible smell coming from Miss Emily’s house, Finally, several men sneak up in the middle of the night and put lime around the house to kill the smell. They never suspect Emily of any type of crime. Ironically, this special treatment allows this symbol of respect and civility to literally get away with murder.

Another important aspect is in the language itself of the text it refers to Emily as an idol or stagnant figure like an idol.  It is as if they have a love/hate relationship with her.  On one hand, they see her as odd and proud, but on the other they respect her as the only one who has not given up on his/her ideals and who represents their former southern way of life.  The “rose” for Emily is a tribute to her life, even though it is a perverse one.  The sentence at the end of section four sums up the story and how the town feels about her  “dear, inescapable, impervious, tranquil, and perverse.”

This is a tough nut to crack. It would be easier to identify the subject of the story, that being the fragility of life and the subjective nature of our interpretation of it.

A theme by definition is a complete statement, and usually takes a stand in one way or another. To transcribe the above subject into a theme, one might formulate the same idea in this way: 

‘One of the basic qualities of life is its fragility, but this transient aspect is one of the most difficult ones for people to accept.’

I think the theme has a lot to do with appearance vs. reality. Peyton so desperately wants to be home with his wife and children that he focuses completely on that unrealistic expectation. In doing so, he is able to recreate his hopes in the last minutes of his life. Of course, his imagined escape and homecoming are full of clues that his experience is not real. The escape from the volley of shots fired at him, the idea that he can see the color of the eye of the sharpshooter and the insects on the trees are all clues that his imagination is more real than reality. The final blow comes when we realize the entire sequence of events in not real, they only appeared in Peyton’s imagination.

Goody Putnam is “a twisted soul . . . a death-ridden woman haunted by bad dreams.” All of her children have died and she is looking for a scapegoat. That scapegoat is Rebecca Nurse, who served as midwife at the births of several of Ann Putnam’s children, who later died. Goody Putnam thinks it is unfair that Rebecca Nurse has 11 children and she has none. In addition, she, along with her husband, had opposed the appointment of Rev. Parris. Because of her jealousy over her lack of children and a desire to be more influential in the community, she grabs the opportunity to be one of the major supporters of the girls and their claims of witchcraft, especially against Rebecca Nurse.

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Although King Lear and the Earl of Gloucester are different characters, Gloucester’s plight connects and parallels the main plot. Gloucester’s children are boys, not girls as in Lear’s case. Gloucester seems slower-witted than Lear. Some critics argue that in early scenes he is evidently a very foolish, gullible man. Others see evidence of pride or arrogance in his personality and emphasize his sensuality But both men condemn the good child and reward the child who intends evil. And like Lear, Gloucester is to be punished for his lack of insight or moral vision. However, the subplot is much more than a repetition of the principal story. It reinforces the central themes of the play, including the ingratitude of children, disorder in the family,spiritual development and rebirth. Although Lear is not blinded physically, but Gloucester is. But Gloucester’s physical blindness corresponds to Lear’s moral blindness. His attempted suicide is similar to Lear’s own fall from grace. Many see the suicide attempt as Gloucester’s final step toward spiritual renewal. Gloucester’s suffers from despair but Lear actually goes mad. Both circumstances allow the two old men to evade one of the realities of aging. At some point, parents need to depend on their adult children. However, Gloucester and Lear eventually accept the necessity of that dependence.