Pun

Mercutio Mercutio is one of Shakespeare's most memorable characters out of all the different characters he has included into his different plays. Mercutio is one of Romeo's best friends throughout the book. Mercutio was killed by Tybalt another important character rather early in the book but was still recognized as a one of Shakespeare's greatest creations. But what makes Mercutio such an important and memorable character in Romeo and Juliet. First,Mercutio is such a memorable character due to…

Although English is a language similar to that of French, the pleasure of perusing Hugo's puns often goes amiss in the translation. In fact, the very first chapter of the novel includes a homograph of the word “digne” both as a location for the Bishop of Digne and an adjective describing the his uncle as “un digne curé”, playing on the double…

Really?!? Hi friends, Can you see where I was going with this? How was this supposed to work? What was I thinking? Turned out more mustard than fuchsia. Looks like I didn't quite cut the mustard (excuse the pun, still coming down from yesterday's pun-capade). You know how sometimes you want to match your nail design to your outfit? But somehow the Order Of The Nail Art Designs (not to be confused with The Order of Water Buffalos) doesn't grant you permission. So you're left…

by saying good Hamlet, take out the black clothes you’re wearing and have a good relationship with your new father / uncle and respect him. Pun- A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings. The pun on nighted is knighted which is to invest someone these are puns because they are words that sound alike but they have different meanings. 4. When Hamlet said “Seems, madam! Nay, it is; I know not seems…

In the modern movie White Chicks, it demonstrates characteristics of a Shakespearean comedy, which include attributes such as mistaken identities, complex plots, use of puns, and happy endings for everyone involved in the work. The story of two brothers, Kevin and Marcus Copeland fulfilling their job as FBI agents easily demonstrate all of these qualities in the movie. Shakespeare’s hard work and dedication is shown throughout numerous books and movies, and will continue to live on for many…

imagery, symbol, allusion, figurative language [personification, metaphor, simile], dialect, irony, epiphany, oxymoron, allusion, suspense) Poetic Device (rhyme, rhythm, stanza, alliteration, assonance, consonance, refrain, onomatopoeia) Other: idiom, pun, hyperbole satire, motif, archetype, foil, comic relief, allegory ● #2 Writing Process (12.2.1, 12.2.2) ● ● ● ● ● ● #3 Grammar ● ● ● ● ● Paragraph & Multi-Paragraph Writing Steps of the Writing Process Persuasive…

1) A) Pun: “play on words.” Based on multiple meanings of a single word or on words that sound alike (homophones) but mean different things. B) Cobbler: “A trade, sir, that I hope I may use with a safe conscience, which indeed, sir, a mender of bad soles” (1.1.12-15). Cobbler uses this pun to address that he is a mender of worn soles. This literally means that he repairs the soles of shoes, but it can mean he mends souls. He can repair shoes but cannot repair the broken souls of people’s lives…

In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare uses a lot of puns to entertain the audience with laughter. MERCUTIO. And so did I. ROMEO. Well, what was yours? MERCUTIO. That dreamers often lie (Romeo and Juliet 1.4.54-56). When Mercutio and Romeo are at the Capulet’s party, Mercutio uses many puns to more funny. He uses the word lie as pun meaning untruth when he actually means to lie down as one would do when sleeping. This shows how Shakespeare…

Some of the earliest double entendres are found in the Exeter Book, or Codex exoniensis, at Exeter Cathedral in England. The book was copied around 975 AD. In addition to the various poems and stories found in the book, there are also numerous riddles. The Anglo-Saxons did not reveal the answers to the riddles, but they have been answered by scholars over the years. Some riddles were double-entendres, such as Riddle 25 ("I am a wondrous creature: to women a thing of joyful expectation, to…

When I start my day, I usually tell my roommate a pun or something that happened to me during the week which she responds with laughing at the pun and telling something relatable that is happened to her. On my way to class I greet almost everyone on campus and they respond with a “good morning” or ignore me. Now I’m in class, the professor is explaining…