MIXED METAPHOR IN PERSONALITY THEORY.

Abstract

“…some metaphors are living, i.e., are offered and accepted with a consciousness of their nature as substitutes for their literal equivalents, while others are dead, i.e., have been so often used that speaker & hearer have ceased to be aware that the words used are not literal; but the line of distinction…is a shifting one…” “[Juxtaposed metaphors that are] dead.& also not inconsistent with each other … lie together quietly enough. But dead metaphors will not lie quietly together if there was repugnace between them in life; e'en in their ashes live their wonted fires, & they get up & fight…”