It amazes me that students who are in class when we read Romeo and Juliet TOGETHER still haven't a clue about what's going on.
A sixteen year old freshman's quote identification response for “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet”:
Speaker: Romeo
This quote is important because... you wouldn’t have a clue at which he/she is talking about.
This is his response to a short essay question that asks students to include the literary device used in a passage and explain how it applies to the rest of the play:
The literary device that he used is good, nice words that are bad words refrased. And that’s how it applies to the rest of the play.
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