Figurative Language
I will make thee think thy swan a crow"
What is a metaphor?
MERCUTIO: ...dreamers often lie.
ROMEO: In bed asleep, while they do dream things true.
What is a pun?
“No, sir I do not bite my thumb at you, sir, but I bite my thumb, sir”
Sampson
“Under loves heavy burden do I sink.”
Who is Romeo?
What mistake does Peter make regarding Romeo and Benvolio?
He doesn't realize that they"re Montagues.
"you have dancing shoes/with nimble soles; I have a soul of lead"
Who is a Pun?
"Ay, the heads of the maids, or their maidenheads;"
What is a Pun?
“Part, Fools! Put up your swords; you know not what you do.”
Benvolio
My only love sprung from my only hate
Too early seen unknown, and known too late!
Who is Juliet?
Why does Romeo agree to go to the feast?
He hopes to see Rosaline.
MERCUTIO: You are a lover; borrow Cupid's wings,
And soar with them above a common bound.
ROMEO: I am too sore enpierced with his shaft
To soar with his light feathers.
What is an Allusion?
O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night as a rich jewel in an Ethipo's ear-
What is an extended metaphor?
What, drawn and talk of peace! I hate the word as I hate hell, all Montagues, & thee.”
Tybalt
“Go girl; seek happy nights to happy days”
Who is the Nurse?
What does Juliet agree to do with regard to Paris?
See if she can love him.
'Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs; being purged, a fire sparkling in lover's eyes; being vexed, a sea nourished with loving tears."
What is an extended metaphor?
It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope's ear; Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!"
Who is an Hyperbole?
Throw your mistempered weapons to the ground,
Prince Escalus
"True, I talk of dreams,
Which are the children of an idle brain,
Begot of nothing but vain fantasy."
Who is Mercutio?
Which event does Romeo foreshadow as they make their way to the feast?
His own death.
TYBALT: Patience perforce with wilful choler meeting
Makes my flesh tremble in their different greeting.
I will withdraw; but this intrusion shall,
Now seeming sweet, convert to bitt'rest gall.
What is foreshadowing?
TYBALT: Patience perforce with wilful choler meeting
Makes my flesh tremble in their different greeting.
I will withdraw; but this intrusion shall,
Now seeming sweet, convert to bitt'rest gall.
What is foreshadowing?
“Go thither; and, with untainted eye, Compare her face with some that I show, And I will make thy think thy swan a crow.”
Benvolio
"Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars,
Shall bitterly begin his fearful date
With this night’s revels."
Who is Romeo?
How do Romeo and Juliet metaphorically describe themselves in their first conversation?
As a pilgrim and a saint.