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Literary/Poetic Devices in Romeo and Juliet

Literary/Poetic Devices in Romeo and Juliet. Devices to Know. a llusion f oil f oreshadowing i rony (verbal, situational, dramatic) metaphor oxymoron pun. Which Device?. Contrast between Mercutio and Romeo in Act I? Contrast between Paris and Romeo in Acts II-III?

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Literary/Poetic Devices in Romeo and Juliet

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  1. Literary/Poetic Devices in Romeo and Juliet

  2. Devices to Know • allusion • foil • foreshadowing • irony (verbal, situational, dramatic) • metaphor • oxymoron • pun

  3. Which Device? • Contrast between Mercutio and Romeo in Act I? • Contrast between Paris and Romeo in Acts II-III? • Contrast between Tybalt and Benvolio in Acts I-III?

  4. Foil

  5. Which Device? • “Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man.”

  6. Pun

  7. Which Device? • “Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health…”

  8. Oxymoron

  9. Which Device? • “O, speak again, bright angel!”

  10. Metaphor

  11. Which Device? • “Some consequence yet hanging in the stars / Shall bitterly begin this fearful date / With this night’s revels and expire the term / Of a despised life, closed in my breast, / By some vile forfeit of untimely death.”

  12. Foreshadowing

  13. Which Device? • Juliet, distraught because of Romeo’s banishment, tells her mother that she would rather marry Romeo than Paris.

  14. Verbal Irony

  15. Which Device? • In Act I, Romeo didn’t really want to attend the Capulet party; he went just because Rosaline would be there. However, going to the party ends up being a happy occasion because he meets Juliet.

  16. Situational Irony

  17. Which Device? • In Act III scene I, readers/viewers know that Romeo and Tybalt are now related by marriage, but Tybalt, Mercutio, and others do not know.

  18. Dramatic Irony

  19. Which Device? • In Act I, Lord Montague reports that Romeo has been crying all night and sleeping in his bedroom all day, using these words to describe the dawn. ... But all so soon as the all-cheering sun Should in the farthest East begin to draw The shady curtains from Aurora's bed... The phrase "draw the shady curtains from Aurora's bed" refers to the Roman goddess of the dawn.

  20. Allusion

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