In Act IV of Romeo and Juliet, what is Friar Lawrence’s advice to Juliet concerning her parents’ wishes that she marry Paris?
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Responses
He tells her she must forget Romeo and marry Paris.
He tells her she must forget Romeo and marry Paris.
He tells her to tell her parents the truth about her marriage to Romeo.
He tells her to tell her parents the truth about her marriage to Romeo.
He gives her a potion to make her appear dead.
He tells her to tell her parents the truth about her marriage to Romeo.
Identify the type of irony found in Act IV, Scene 1, of Romeo and Juliet, when Paris meets Juliet at Friar Lawrence’s cell and says, “Do not deny . . . that you love me,” and Juliet replies, “I will confess to you that I love him.”
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Responses
verbal irony
verbal irony
situational irony
situational irony
dramatic irony
verbal irony
True of False: Comic relief was rarely used by Shakespeare, and only in his comedies.
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true
true
false
Identify the type of figurative language in the sentences below (taken from Act IV, Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet).
Paris: “Poor soul, thy face is much abus'd with tears.”
Juliet: “The tears have got small victory by that; / For it was bad enough before their spite.”
False
The type of figurative language used in the sentences from Act IV, Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet is personification. The tears are given the quality of being able to have victory and spite, which are human attributes.
True of False: Comic relief was rarely used by Shakespeare, and only in his comedies.
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Responses
true
true
false
False
Identify the type of figurative language in the sentences below (taken from Act IV, Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet).
Paris: “Poor soul, thy face is much abus'd with tears.”
Juliet: “The tears have got small victory by that; / For it was bad enough before their spite.”
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Responses
simile
simile
metaphor
metaphor
personification