Literary Devices
This excerpt is an example of ____________.
Juliet:
O God, I have an ill-divining soul.
Methinks I see thee now, thou art so low
As one dead in the bottom of a tomb.
Either my eyesight fails, or thou look’st pale.
(Shakespeare 3.5.54-57)
What is foreshadowing/foreshadow?
What kind of irony is found in what Lord Capulet says in Act IV scene v?
"Our solemn hymns to sullen dirges change,
Our bridal flowers serve for a buried corse,
And all things change them to the contrary."
(Shakespeare 4.5.93-95)
What is situational irony?
Provide the correct term for the definition:
A protagonist (main character) who ends up defeated or killed.
What is tragic hero?
Who said it?
"Hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch! I tell thee what: get thee to church o’ Thursday, Or never after look me in the face."
Who is Lord Capulet?
ROMEO:
Art thou so bare and full of wretchedness, And fear’st to die? Famine is in thy cheeks. Need and oppression starveth in thine eyes. Contempt and beggary hangs upon thy back.
The world is not thy friend nor the world’s law. The world affords no law to make thee rich. Then be not poor, but break it, and take this. [Holds out money]
(Shakespeare 5.1.72-78)
What is...
Romeo is telling the Apothecary that he should not worry about doing something bad (selling poison), saying that he must accept his money.
The following quote is an example of what literary device?
"Heavy lightness"
What is oxymoron?
The Nurse, Lord and Lady Capulet, and Paris' realization that Juliet is dead is an example of what kind of irony?
What is dramatic irony?
Peter's joking and insults to the musicians after Juliet's death is an example of what device commonly found in tragedies?
What is comic relief?
Who said it?
"O God, I have an ill-divining soul.
Methinks I see thee now, thou art so low
As one dead in the bottom of a tomb.
Either my eyesight fails, or thou look’st pale."
Who is Juliet?
Friar Lawrence:
I am the greatest, able to do least,
Yet most suspected, as the time and place Doth make against me, of this direful murder. And here I stand, both to impeach and purge, Myself condemnèd and myself excused.
(Shakespeare 5.3.245-249).
What is...
Friar Lawrence is saying he is best able to tell the truth of what happened and that he is there to be questioned and punished for what happened.
In Act IV scene i, Juliet is with Friar Lawrence and Paris and says "I will confess to you that I love him,"
We know that she is talking about Romeo, but what is the double meaning?
An apothecary selling poison is an example of what kind of irony?
What is situational irony?
Provide the correct term for the definition:
Lover's who's relationship is doomed to end in tragedy.
What are star cross'd lovers?
Who said it?
"Good, Peter, to hide her face, for her fan’s the fairer face."
Who is Mercutio?
Mercutio:
O calm dishonourable, vile submission!
Alla stoccata carries it away. [Draws his sword] Tybalt, you ratcatcher, will you walk?
(Shakespeare 3.1.71-73).
What is...
Mercutio thinks Romeo is bringing dishonor on himself and giving up. He challenges Tybalt to a fight.
In Act III scene v, Juliet tells her mother "Madam, I am not well", and Juliet's mother thinks she is referring to how sad she is about Tybalt's death. What is the double meaning?
What is "she is sad she just said goodbye to Romeo"?
Romeo killing himself because he thinks Juliet is dead is an example of what kind of irony?
What is dramatic irony?
Romeo and Juliet's deals a lot with the theme __________ vs. free-will.
What is fate?
Who said it?
"O woe! O woeful, woeful, woeful day! 55 Most lamentable day, most woeful day
That ever, ever, I did yet behold!
O day, O day, O day, O hateful day! Never was seen so black a day as this. O woeful day, O woeful day!"
Romeo:
Ha, banishment! Be merciful, say “death,”
For exile hath more terror in his look,
Much more than death. Do not say “banishment.”
(Shakespeare 3.3.13-15).
What is...
Romeo says that banishment is worse than death - he would rather be dead than banished from Verona.
The two golden statues of Romeo and Juliet represent respect between the two families, born out of tragedy. What literary device is this?
What is symbolism?
Juliet saying "Where I have learned me to repent the sin, Of disobedient opposition" (Shakespeare 4.2.17-18) is an example of what kind of irony?
What is verbal irony?
Friar Lawrence's advice "Wisely and slow, they stumble that run fast" is warning Romeo about what fatal flaw of his?
What is impulsiveness?
Who said it?
"But I can give thee more,
For I will raise her statue in pure gold,
That whiles Verona by that name is known, There shall no figure at such rate be set
As that of true and faithful Juliet."
Who is Lord Montague?
Nurse:
Honest good fellows, ah, put up, put up, For, well you know, this is a pitiful case.
First Musician:
Ay, by my troth, the case may be amended.
What is...
The nurse says that the case of Juliet's death is sad, and the musician makes a pun, saying that his instrument case is broken but can be fixed.