JOHN : ―Right. Do you want to pray or anything?‖
GOVERNOR: ―With Eurus Holmes in the world, who the hell would I pray to?
”
Datum 40 The dialogue in datum 40 occurs when Governor will be shot by John to
finish the puzzle from Eurus. In the scene, a hyperbole is used to describe Eurus which intends to show the fear of the Governor by exaggerating the description of
Eurus. In that context, the audiences‘ mind is triggered to imagine how powerful the figure of Eurus is because no one can beat her or refuse her command, even
God. It evokes the imagination of the very powerful Eurus which makes someone very hopeless and scared of her. Also, the audiences will visualize the condition
of the Governor.
b. Creating Additional Imagery
The next function of figures of speech is to create additional imagery which intends to make the audiences transform the idea by visualizing the abstract
concept. It creates an image of the idea as an abstract concept to become the concrete one. Thus, figures of speech create and build imagery to visualize and
conceptualize the idea to enhance the audiences‘ imagination. The first given example of creating additional imagery is depicted as follows.
SHERLOCK : ―Why the headphones?‖
GUARD : ―She doesn‘t stop playing, sometimes for weeks.‖
SHERLOCK :
“Beautiful.”
GUARD :
“Kills you in the end.”
SHERLOCK :
“Aye. Still beautiful, though.”
Datum 21 The dialogue in datum 21
occurs when Sherlock is entering Eurus‘ room. In the scene, Sherlock asks the guards why they are using a headphone. The guards
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
