answer that Eurus does not stop playing a violin for a long time, so their ears are hurt. However, in that context, the statement uses a paradoxical statement to
creat e an additional imagery. That statement contains words ‗playing‘ and ‗the
headphone‘ which actually refer to the music of the violin played by Eurus. The audiences‘ mind visualizes and builds an image of the music which makes an
abstract concept to be a concrete image. Another example of the functions of figures of speech to create additional imagery can be described in datum 33.
EURUS:
“The man who sees through everything is exactly the man who does not notice when there is nothing to see through.”
Datum 33 The statement is uttered by Eurus when she speaks to Sherlock about her
way to go out from her room. It is used to bring an imagery of Sherlock‘s character. That statement applies a verbal irony to visualize the characteristic of
Sherlock. It visualizes that Sherlock is not a careful man because he cannot realize something obvious. Thus, in that context, the audiences transform the idea and the
image of Sherlock in order to illuminate Sherlock‘s characteristics.
c. Increasing Emotional Intensity
Figures of speech have the function to increase the emotional intensity which helps add such aesthetics and sentimental effects. It increases nuance
through extraordinary words which perceive the idea as the effects of the emotional intensity in the imagination. The audience will draw on their own
imagination so that they can obtain the intended meaning of the author. The example of increasing the emotional intensity is presented in datum 52.
EURUS:
“So many days not lived, so many words unsaid.”
Datum 52
The statement in datum 52 is taken from the scene when Eurus describes the condition of Molly Hopper to Sherlock. The statement describes the loneliness
and sadness of Molly Hopper because Sherlock never care about her feelings towar
d him. The audiences‘ imagination will be served with the exact visual image of the loneliness and their heart will automatically be filled with loneliness
and sadness. In that context, it visualizes the loneliness and the sadness nuance which are described like a death life. The next example is depicted in the Jim
Moriarty expression when Sherlock will kill his brother, Mycroft. JIM:
“And here we are, at the end of the line. Holmes killing Holmes.”
Datum 58 Datum 58 uses a hyperbole to explain the conflict in the plot of the
television series. The situation portraits the sadness nuance when Sherlock will kill Mycroft to finish the puzzle from Eurus. In that context, the sadness nuance
occurs when Sherlock will kill Mycroft. It is impossible when brotherhood will kill each other and the one who make them kill each other is their sister. It is a
complicated situation which automatically conjures up the audiences‘ feeling to feel the nuance of the story. The emotional context is played to add sentimental
effects and to increase the plot of the story. The last example of the function of increasing the emotional intensity is presented in 62.
EURUS:
“I never had a best friend. I had no-one.”
Datum 62 Eurus‘s statement is uttered when she conveys to Sherlock that she kills
Sherlock‘s best friend, Victor. In the scene, Eurus refuses to be blamed by Sherlock by emphasizing her condition. She intends to say that her life is very sad,
she feels lonely every time, and she has no friends or families to share with. So, she does not want to be blamed because she is the one who kills Sherlock‘s best
friend. In that context, the emotional context is increased by using hyperbole in the statement. It draws the sadness life of Eurus which perceives the idea as the
effects of i magination. Thus, the audiences‘ imagination will be filled with
melancholic situation since the meaning of the statement is much emotional.
d. Stating the Meaning in Brief Compass
