Month November 2012

METAPHOR=a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.” Compare mixed metaphor, simile. Here… Continue Reading →

Your task is to identify the metaphor present in the following excerpt and then write a paragraph that explains the metaphor and its effect on the meaning of the passage it is embedded in.   ROMEO I fear, too early:… Continue Reading →

“These violent delights have violent ends”   such is the theme of romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare; his whole  play orchestrated to prove this point: that only violence will come of violence. Fate is revealed in Romeo and Juliet… Continue Reading →

One piece of evidence that deals with fate in Romeo and Juliet is through the things of what the character say like in the book one of the characters quote “a pair of star cross’d lovers take their life”  so… Continue Reading →