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The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Exam Which literary device is used in the following quotation? MERCUTIO: "He heareth not, he stireth not he moveth not..." (2.1.18) metaphor parallelism personification simile
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The quotation from Mercutio in "Romeo and Juliet" is "He heareth not, he stirreth not, he moveth not...". This sentence is an example of parallelism. Parallelism is a literary device where parts of the sentence are grammatically the same, or similar in construction. It can be a word, a phrase, or an entire sentence repeated. In this case, the repetition of the structure "he [verb] not" creates a parallel structure, emphasizing the inactivity of the person being described. The other options are not applicable: a metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two things without using "like" or "as", a simile is a comparison using "like" or "as", and personification is when non-human things are given human characteristics. This sentence does not fit any of those definitions.