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WAEC SSCE - Literature In English - 2007 (Objective)

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world have been Heathcliff's miseries, and I watched and felt each from the beginning.My great thought in living is himself. If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be. And if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would be turned to a mighty stranger _ is should not seem a part of it. My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods; time will change it, I'm well aware, as winter changes the trees. My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath _ as source of little visible delight, but necessary. Nelly, I am Heathcliff!. He's always, always in my mind _ not as a pleasure to myself, but as my own being....

If all else perished and he remained illustrates
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The phrase "If all else perished and he remained" illustrates antithesis. Antithesis is a rhetorical device in which two contrasting ideas are put together in a sentence to create a contrasting effect. In this case, the speaker is saying that even if everything else in the world were to disappear, as long as Heathcliff remains, she would continue to exist. This creates a strong contrast between Heathcliff and everything else in the world.
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