Shakespeare's Use of Puns and Foreshadowing in Romeo and Juliet Act I Scene iv, Study notes of English Literature

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Romeo and Juliet

Act I Scene iv

What is a Pun? How and Why does Shakespeare use puns?

PUN: a phrase that uses words that sound the same in a

way that gives them a funny effect

Examples of puns: (forgive me, these are corny!) Have you heard about that online origami store? It folded. If you believe restaurants always overcook steaks, then you probably order them rarely. The student was an aggressive learner he hit the books. The coffee tasted like mud because it was ground a couple of minutes ago. The fence builders were upset with their working conditions, so they started to picket.

Romeo and Juliet Act I Scene iv

Romeo and Juliet

Act I Scene iv

Romeo and Juliet

Act I Scene iv

Review: What's a pun? (page 60) ROMEO: I dreamt a dream tonight. MERCUTIO: And so did I. ROMEO: Well, what was yours? MERCUTIO: That dreamers often lie. ROMEO: In bed asleep, while they do dream things true. lie: be in or assume a horizontal resting position lie: to tell an untruth

Romeo and Juliet Act I Scene iv

foreshadowing: hints and clues that tip a reader off

as to what will come later in the story

Find an example of foreshadowing on page 64. What might this passage foreshadow?

Romeo and Juliet Act I Scene iv

"I fear too early, for my mind misgives Some consequence yet hanging in the stars ........... By some vile forfeit of untimely death." Romeo's death