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hyperbole (19.40%), personification (14.54%), irony (12.72%), and repetition
(8.48%).

1.2 Types of Common Fantasy Senses Appearing through
the Use of Figurative Language in Fantasy Films

The results revealed that there were 204 fantasy items
displayed in the two films via the use of 150 figurative devices (65 items in
Clash of the Titans and 85 items in Prince of Persia). Based on the conceptual
frameworks of Todorov (1970 cited in Scholes, 1975) and Frye (1957 cited in
Hume, 1984), the findings showed that these 204 items are of the eight
aspects of fantasy senses including superpower, supernatural, universal
value, imagination, romance (by hero), magic, myth (by hero) and irony (by

hero). In order to portray the overall phenomenon of the employment of the
fantasy senses, with similar criteria to the investigation of figurative language,
the five common senses appearing to occur more commonly (higher than
8%) were chosen to be investigated. These included superpower (28.98%)
followed by supernatural theme (25.55%), universal value (16.22%),
imagination (13.06%) and romance (by hero) (8.35%).

2. Summary of the Findings and Discussions on the

Employment of Figurative language in creating Fantasy Senses
In order to gain the overview of the manifestation of figurative
language in creating fantasy senses, the investigation was conducted in two
major ways. Firstly, the employment of each individual figurative device was

explored to observe its power in expressing the intended meanings of
different fantasy senses. Secondly, the investigation focused on how each
particular sense of fantasy was promoted by the common devices. To help
complete the picture of this phenomenon, the connection between the use of