A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. The first and the last photo talking of the comunications of marriage and how one party talks and one listens only because they have to and the phone is right at there ear. The two show both sides of the relationships and that both talk without response but also don't listen to the respond. The size of the phone is a metaphor for the importance of the conversation.