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Literary Devices Used by Shakespeare

Literary Devices Used by Shakespeare. And other writers too…. Def. A speech wherein a character speaks his thoughts aloud while he is alone. This is used to reveal thoughts or convey mood.

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Literary Devices Used by Shakespeare

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  1. Literary Devices Used by Shakespeare And other writers too…

  2. Def. A speech wherein a character speaks his thoughts aloud while he is alone. This is used to reveal thoughts or convey mood. “Thus do I ever make my fool my purse; for I mine own gained knowledge should profane if I would time expend with such a snipe but for my sport and profit.” - Iago (Othello I, iii) Soliloquy

  3. Def: A reference, usually brief, to a presumably familiar person, place or thing. “She hath Dian’s wit, and in strong proof of chastity well armed…” - Romeo (R & J I,i) Allusion

  4. Def: A speech or comment which is only audible to the audience or specific characters, excluding other characters on stage. “O constancy, be strong upon my side, set a huge mountain ‘tween my heart and tongue!” - Portia Julius Caesar II, iv Aside

  5. Def: The giving of human qualities to inhuman things to enhance meaning. “Thou detestable maw, thou womb of death, gorged with the dearest morsel of the earth, thus I enforce thy rotten jaws to open…” - Romeo (R & J, V, iii) Personification

  6. Def: A play on words used for comic relief or dramatic irony. “Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man.” - Mercutio R & J III,i The Pun

  7. Def: A play on words used for comic relief or dramatic irony. “Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man.” - Mercutio R & J III,i The Pun

  8. Def: The structuring of the drama so that the audience knows things that certain characters on stage don’t. “Beauty’s ensign yet is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, and death’s pale flag is not advanced there.” - Romeo, (R & J, V, iii) Dramatic Irony

  9. Def: a seemingly illogical comparison of two things which imparts a deeper meaning upon both. “…Juliet is the sun.” -Romeo (R & J, II, I) Metaphor

  10. Def: a compressed paradox by linking two contradictory terms in a phrase “O heavy lightness, serious vanity, misshapen chaos of well seeming forms.” - Romeo (R & J, I,i) Oxymoron

  11. Def: A heroic character’s weakness or error that leads to his/her downfall. “I kissed thee ere I killed thee. No way but this-killing myself, to die upon a kiss.” Othello (Othello, V, ii) Tragic Hero/Flaw

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