Sunday, January 30, 2011

Pythonisms - Figures of Speech

Rhetorical devices used in Monty Python and the Holy Grail: Pythonisms - Figures of Speech


PEASANT: “I didn’t expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition.”
Cardinal Ximinez: “Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise…surprise and fear…fear and surprise…. Our two weapons are fear and surprise…and ruthless efficiency…. Our three weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency…and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope…. Ourfour …no… Amongst our weapons…. Amongst our weaponry…are such elements as fear, surprise…. I’ll come in again.”

Figure: metanoia (met-ah-NOY-a), the self-correcting figure.

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