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Lit Terms (examples)
lit terms for r&j
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| "for venus smiles not in a house of tears" | allusion |
| "Shall I hear more, or shall I speak of this?" | aside |
| Juliet is the sun. | metaphor |
| "O heavy lightness! Serious vanity! Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health." | paradox |
| "Death lies on her like an untimely frost." | similie |
| mercutio's speech about dreams | soliloquy |
| "see what a scourge is laid upon your hate, that heaven finds means to kill our joys with love!" | Irony |
| "O God, I have an ill-divining soul! Methinks I see thee, now thou art below, as one dead in the bottom of a tomb." | foreshadowing |
| In Act 2, scene 1, romeo runs into the Capulet orchard to hide. We know that he's going to Juliet, but Mercutio and Benvolio think that he's still depressed about Rosaline. | dramatic irony |
| Romeo and Juliet | tragedy |