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| Literary Devices Anaphora 1. .Caesar should be a beast without a heart if he should stay at home today or fear. No, Caesar shall not; Danger knows full were that Caesar is more dangerous then he... ( Act II, scene ii, lines 41-45) Explanation- This quote is an Anaphora because the same work is repeated hroughout it to add emphasis. Hyperbole 1. .... And half their faces buried in their cloaks. (Scene 1, line 74 2. Nor heaven and earth have been at peace tonight (scene 2, line 1) 3. The graves have yawned and yielded up their dead. (Scene 2, line 18) 4. The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes ((Scene 2, line 31) Explanation- These quotes are all hyperboles because the exaggerate things. Simile 1. ... to cut the head off and then hack the limbs like wrath in death and envy afterwards. (Scene 1, line163) 2. let’s carve him as a dish fit for gods. (Scene 1, line 173) 3. I heard a bustling rumor like a fray. (Scene 3, line 19) 4. … as dear to me as the ruddy drops that visit my sad heart (Scene I, line 289-290) Explanation- These quotes are all similes because they compare two things by using like and as Metaphor 1. Antony is but a limb of Caesar (scene 1, line 165) 2. We are two lions born in one day ( scen2, line 46) 3. the clouds are messengers of the day( scene 1, line 104) Explanation- These quotes are all example of metaphor because they compare two things by saying that one is the other. Personification 1. Hide it in smiles and affability (scene 1, line 82) 2. ... the melting spirits of women, then, countrymen (scene 1, line 122) 3. ... the blood visits my sad heart (scene 1, lines 289-290) 4. …fierce fiery warriors fought upon the clouds ( scene ii, line 19) Explanation- These quotes are all example of personification because they apply human qualities to things that don’t have them. Irony 1. ...he is an honorable man (line 100) 2. ...he is ambitious (line 99) Explanation- These quotes are both example of irony because they say on thing when Shakespeare meant the exact opposite. Parataxis: 1.Caear, beware of Brutus take heed of Cassius; come not near Casca; have an eye to Cinna; trust not Trebonius; mark well Metellus Cimber; Decius Brutus loves thee not; thou hast wronged Caius Ligarius. There is but one mind in all these men, and it is bent against Caesar (Scene ii., lines 1-6). 2. Her will I stand till Caesar pass along, as a s a suitor I will hi him this Scene ii. Lines 10 and 11 3. This dream is all amiss interpreted; it was a vision fair and fortunate ( Scene ii. Lines 84-85 Explanation- These quotes are example because they are independent clauses that follow each other and they have coordinating conjunctions. Allusion 1. Bet you to bed again; is not day. Is not tomorrow, boy, the ides of March Scene 1, lines 39 and 40) 2. Not Erebus itself were dim enough to hide thee from prevention. (Scene 1, lines 84 and 85). 3. Wilt thou lift up Mount Olympus? (Scene iii, line 75) Explanation- These quotes are examples because they are short, informal references to famous people or events. |