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a pun is a play on words where you change a word in a familier saying or slightly change the way you say a word to create humour
examples of puns are:
1) Taller people sleep longer in bed
2) I've been to the dentist and i know the drill
In Romeo and Juliet an example would be in scene 1 when they say the words collar and choler, it is the same word with different meanings.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 9y agoIn Act 2 Scene 4 Mercutio describes Romeo's wit as being sharp like a sauce. Mercutio says 'Thy wit is a very bitter sweeting; it is a most sharp sauce.' This pun, or wordplay, is Mercutio's comical way of commenting on Romeo's bitter sense of humor.
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∙ 15y agoMany Shakespeare plays are often cited for puns and Romeo and Juliet is no exception. One of the most famous puns is in Mercutio's soliloquy after being stabbed. He states that should one look for him tomorrow, they will find a "grave man" . To be a grave man is to be somber and stern, but in this context the pun is on the fact that Mercutio is dying.
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∙ 13y agosome examples of puns in romeo and Juliet include:
Not I, believe me You have dancing shoes /With nimble soles. I have a soul of lead/So stakes me to the ground I cannot move. (I,iv,4-6)
"Give me a torch, I am not for this ambling. Being but heavy I will bear the light" (I,iv,11-12)
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∙ 8y agoHere are two examples of puns in Romeo and Juliet:
1. Nimble soles/soul of lead
2. "Being but heavy, I will bear the light."
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∙ 11y agoDreamers often lie. Or taller people sleep longer in bed. Both are from act one.
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∙ 13y ago" ..You have dancing shoes
With nimble soles. I have a soul of lead" (I.iv.15-16)
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∙ 13y agoin act 1 scene one where they are talking about how they will not be insulted. (colliers/ collars.)
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∙ 7y ago"An old hare hoar and an old hare hoar is very good meat in Lent,
But a hare that is hoar is too much for a score when it hoars ere it be spent."The pun is on hoar and whore.
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What are examples of the literary devices apostrophe conceit metonymy and pun in Act III of Romeo and Juliet?
examples of conceit in figurative devics
What are some examples of Mercutio's jokes in Romeo and Juliet?
The pun: "Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down" (1.4.28). In Mercutio's view, Romeo's love-sickness is caused by a lack of sex; if he's just have some, he'd get over thinking that he needs to be in love.
Where in Romeo and Juliet is the pun about sole and soul?
Act 1 Scene 4 Line 14-15
Is there a pun in act 3 scene 3 of romeo and Juliet?
Romeo says that the flies are better off than he is because they can land on Juliet and he is not even allowed to see her. "Flies may do this but I from this must fly" he says. The pun is of course on the word fly.
What are some puns in act 2 of romeo and Juliet?
Pun: A Pun is a play on words with more than one meaning, interpretation. "Nay, gentle Romeo, we must have you dance. Not I, believe me. You have dancing shoes with nimble soles…" (I.iv.13-15).
What are examples of the literary devices apostrophe conceit metonymy and pun in Act III of Romeo and Juliet?
examples of conceit in figurative devics
What are some examples of Mercutio's jokes in Romeo and Juliet?
The pun: "Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down" (1.4.28). In Mercutio's view, Romeo's love-sickness is caused by a lack of sex; if he's just have some, he'd get over thinking that he needs to be in love.
What are 5 puns in romeo and Juliet?
There are few puns in Romeo and Juliet. For example, a pun in Romeo and Juliet is when Shakespeare writes a conversation between Sampson and Gregory.A pun is a play on words usually they are meant to be funny. An example in Romeo and Juliet is when Romeo and Mercutio are talkingMercutio: That dreamers often lieRomeo: In bed asleep while they dream things trueThe pun here is on the word lie Mercutio says lie meaning not telling the truth but Romeo says lie meaning lying down
Where in Romeo and Juliet is the pun about sole and soul?
Act 1 Scene 4 Line 14-15
Is there a pun in act 3 scene 3 of romeo and Juliet?
Romeo says that the flies are better off than he is because they can land on Juliet and he is not even allowed to see her. "Flies may do this but I from this must fly" he says. The pun is of course on the word fly.
What are some puns in act 2 of romeo and Juliet?
Pun: A Pun is a play on words with more than one meaning, interpretation. "Nay, gentle Romeo, we must have you dance. Not I, believe me. You have dancing shoes with nimble soles…" (I.iv.13-15).
Romeo and Juliet Why does Mercutio yell a sail a sail?
Mercutio yells "a sail" in Act III, Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet because he has been fatally wounded by Tybalt in a fight and is warning Romeo that he is doomed to die. The phrase can also be interpreted as a pun on the word "assail," indicating the impending violence.
Why does romeo ask for a torch?
Someone has to carry the torch because it is night and Verona didn't have streetlights. Romeo says he will do it, making a pun on the two meanings of "light", suggesting that the light of the torch will help his heavy heart.
What is an example of a pun in romeo and Juliet in act two?
"The bawdy hand of the dial is now upon the prick of noon." Mercutio is ostensibly talking about the clock, with hands and a mark (prick) to show where 12 o'clock is. But he is making a pun about a hand being on a prick (penis), which he says is "bawdy"
What are examples pun?
Well a "pun" is a joke exploiting the different possible meaning of a word. Ex. Thinking about the root canal I am about to have is unnerving.
What is a pun and what are the examples?
A pun is a clever play on words. An example is "lettuce eat this salad," since "lettuce" sounds like "let us."
How do you use pun in a sentence?
I will annoy you with a pun if you don't o-pun this door!
