Question

What type of wordplay does Shakespeare use in the following quote from Romeo and Juliet?

Juliet: Oh serpent heart hid with a flowering face! / Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave?
A. Paradox
B. Pun
C. Sarcasm
D. Verbal irony

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Paradox:
a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.

Pun:
the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.

Sarcasm:
a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark: a review full of sarcasms.

Verbal Irony:
irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning.

Answer 3

its D!!