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Puns
Julius Caesar
Question | Answer |
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What word makes the following line a pun? "It was raining cats and dogs and there were poodles all over the road." | Poodles. |
In the last card, why does "poodles" make it a pun? | poodles are a type of dog and it sounds like puddles. |
Why does Shakespeare use puns? | For comedic relief from the seriousness of the story. |
What word could be used in the blank here to make it a pun? "The florist was late and had to put the _______ to the metal." | Petal. |
"A trade, sir, that, I hope, I may use with a safe consience; which is, indeed, sir, a mender of bad soles." What word, from JC Act 1, makes this a pun? | soles. |
Why is "soles" the pun? | Has double meaning as in soles of a shoe or the soul of a being. |