verbal irony presentation(final)
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By: Catherine Arnold
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Uses
• Shakespeare uses verbal irony in Romeo and juliet’s speeches to their parents, in order to keep their feelings secret from their parents
• He also uses it show sarcasm, which is used frequently by Tybalt and Mercutio
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“Ay, ay, a scratch, a scratch: marry, ‘tis enough.-”
Mercutio (III.i.90)
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Verbal Irony
• This quote is verbal irony because Mercutio calls his deep cut a scratch, but he knows it will kill him. He is being sarcastic
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“I will confess to you that I love him”Juliet(IV.I.25)
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Verbal Irony
• This is an example of verbal irony because Juliet tells Paris she loves him. Paris thinks that Juliet means him, but she is actually talking about Romeo.
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“My life is my foe’s debt”Romeo(I.v.116)
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Verbal Irony
• This is verbal irony because Romeo is in love with Juliet, who is a Capulet and his life sworn enemy.
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“My grave is like to be my wedding-bed”
Juliet(I.v.133)
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Verbal Irony
• This is verbal irony because Juliet loves her enemy. If she marries Romeo and her parents find out, they would kill her.
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“Indeed I never shall be satisfied with Romeo till I behold him-dead-” Juliet(III.v.93-94)
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Verbal Irony
• Juliet’s mother thinks she wants to kill Romeo for slaying Tybalt, her cousin. Juliet actually, yearns to see her true love, Romeo.
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“I will not marry yet; and when I do, I swear it shall be romeo, whom you know I hate, rather than Paris;- these are news
indeed!” Juliet(III.v.121-123)
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Verbal Irony
• Juliet makes her mother believe that she hates Romeo, but would still rather marry him than Paris
• Juliet has married Romeo, but she tells her mother she is not married