Question

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



Lady Capulet: Marry, that "marry" is the very theme / I came to talk of.






A.

Metaphor





B.

Paradox





C.

Pun





D.

Verbal irony

Answer 1

@David....

Answer 2

@arabpride

Answer 3

I know its not D

Answer 4

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 5

It's not verbal Irony

Answer 6

So its Sarcasm

Answer 7

but sarcasm isnt even a choice

Answer 8

It seems like its a pun...im not 100% sure but by lookin at the other options i wold say Pun

Answer 9

Oh well let me think

Answer 10

Oh its metaphor .-.

Answer 11

ok

Answer 12

i dont think its a metaphor......

Answer 13

... ok

Answer 14

a metaphor is just comparing to words or (and sometimes finding similarities between them) without using the words like or as.....

Answer 15

I believe it would be a pun or a metaphor. In the Book Romeo and Juliet Lady Capulet it trying to find a man for her daughter. In a sense of Marriage....

Answer 16

so thats Y i think its a Pun..

Answer 17

I believe it is pun

Answer 18

me as well :)

Answer 19

you see the correlation between "marry" and "marriage"