Antithesis and its example.
Antithesis literally means opposite , it is usually the opposite of a statement , concept or idea . In a sentence, there is a pair of opposite words or statement or ideas. For example: 1) Speech is silver, but silence is gold. 2) To err is human, to forgive divine. 3) It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. 4) Man proposes, God disposes. 5) Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven. 6) Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing. 7) Shut your mouth and open your eyes. 8) Everybody comes here but nobody listen here. 9) Many are called, but few are chosen. 10) In sickness he loved me, in health he abandoned. 11) Too black for heaven and yet too white for hell. 12) Sheep go to Heaven, goats go to Hell. 13) Should I stay or should I go now? 14) We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. 15) Patience is bitter, but it has a sweet fruit. 16) Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome...