In Romeo and Juliet act 3, scene 1, what kind of wordplay is Mercutio using in these lines spoken to Benvolio?

"Thou! why, / thou wilt quarrel with a man that hath a hair more or a hair less, in his beard, than thou hast."
A. Metaphor
B. Oxymoron
C. Pun
D. Verbal irony

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In Romeo and Juliet act 3, scene 1, what kind of wordplay is Mercutio using in these lines spoken to Benvolio?

"Thou! why, / thou wilt quarrel with a man that hath a hair more or a hair less, in his beard, than thou hast."
	A.	Metaphor
	B.	Oxymoron
	C.	Pun
	D.	Verbal irony

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