Question

Which of the following experts from Orpheus and Eurydice is and example of hyperbole?

a )...even the ice-hard heart of Hades melted.
b )...this music he played tore at the hearts of everyone who followed.
c )...Persephone, her fave veiled by the shadows of that terrible place.

Answer 1

I would say that A) even the ice-hard heart of Hades melted - uses hyperbole, because he didn't really have an ice heart, and it didn't really melt, it is exaggeration.