A discrepancy between what is said and what is meant.
What is verbal irony.
100
"It is the East, and Juliet is the sun." Romeo's classic line is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a metaphor.
100
"God shield I should disturb devotion."
Who is Paris.
100
Mercutio's Queen Mab speech is an example if this literary term.
What is a monolgue.
100
This is the purpose of Mercutio's Queen Mab speech.
What is to contrast with Romeo's belief in the importance of dreams.
200
When The audience knows something that the character(s) on stage do not.
What is dramatic irony.
200
When Shakespeare uses one word in multiple ways, he is employing this type of figurative language.
What is a pun.
200
"See what a scourge is laid upon your hate, That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love,/ And I, for winking at your discordes too,/ Have lost a brace of kinsmen. All are punished."
Who is Prince.
200
Juliet's speech before taking the "sleeping" potion is an example of this literary device.
What is a soliloquy.
200
These two characters remain the only other people who are aware of Romeo and Juliet's marriage until the end.
Who are Nurse and Friar Lawrence.
300
Juliet tells Paris, "I will confess to you that I love him." This is an example of this type of irony.
What is verbal irony.
300
"The time and my intents are savage-wild,/More fierce and inexorable far/ Than empty tigers or the roaring sea." This is an example of this figurative device.
What is a simile.
300
"There is no world without Verona walls/But purgatory, torture, hell itself."
Who is Romeo after learning of his banishment.
300
The banter between the musicians at the end of 4.5 is an example of this literary term.
What is comic relief.
300
This character sent a challenge--in the form of a letter--on Romeo's life.
Who is Tybalt.
400
In Act 5 Sence 3, Romeo, thinking that Juliet is dead, kills himself seconds before Juliet awakes. This is an example of this type of irony.
What is dramatic irony.
400
"Death, that hath sucked the honey of thy breath,/Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty." This passage contains these two different literary devices.
What is personification and dramatic irony.
400
"Romeo is banished,.../...I think it best you be married with the County."
Who is Nurse.
400
Because Shakespeare seldomly uses these in his plays, one would think that when he does they would be of great importance; however, they are often implied by the dialogue already.
What are stage directions.
400
Two golden statues of Romeo and Juliet.
What is Montague and Capulet's pledge to each other to honor the deaths of their children.
500
Friar Lawrence's advise to Juliet to deceive her parents and pretend she wishes to marry Paris is an example of this type of irony.
What is situational irony.
500
"O me, this sight [Romeo and Juliet dead] of death is as a bell/That warns my old age to a sepulcher." Lady Capulet's line here is an example of this an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a simile.
500
"For never was a story of more woe/ Than this of Juliet and her Romeo."
Who is Prince.
500
It can be said that love is this to both Romeo and Juliet.
What is a character flaw.
500
Despite trying to run away in the end, this character admits guilt in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.