Parallelism/Antithesis
‘I have hope to live, and am prepar’d to die’
‘If thou art rich thou’rt poor’
Semantic Field
Dying honorably and death as a whole ‘Thy best rest is sleep’ ‘Thou art not noble’
Metaphor
‘Thy best of rest is sleep’
‘Thus can make him bite the law by the nose’
Blank Verse
Speech between Claudio and Isabella when he pleads with her to save him.
Iambic Pentameter
Isabella and Claudio finishing off each others sentences to complete lines of Iambic Pentameter
Imperatives
‘Be absolute for death’ religious power
Repitition
‘Four thou exists on many a thousand grains that issue out of dust; Happy thou art not; For, what thou hast not, still thou striv’st to get’- Tone be prepared to die, you’re running away from death prepare for death
Form
Complete power in section due to length of the Duke’s monologue preparing him to die- Any speech where Duke speaks for long time
Similes
‘Like an ass wose back with ingots bow’
Duke speech If you’re rich, you’re poor, because, like a donkey carrying heavy gold on his back, you can only carry your riches in life. You will have to leave them behind when you die.
Dramatic Irony
‘Bring me to hear them speak, where I may be concealed’ - spy on convo- symbolises whole play as concealed throughout- show corruption
Lexis
‘Fetter, Restraint’ Prisoners and Incarceration
‘Leave you naked’ Sexual lexis link to Claudio’s crime
Sibilance and Alliteration
‘Sweet sister, let me live!’ Desperation
Rhetorical Question
‘Wilt thou be made a man out of my vice?’ Rhetorical question= test moral compass of Claudio and perhaps audience- Isabella quote
Prose
Prose to provide solution to problem and tells story of Marianna to Isabella so audience understand what’s occurring= different to Claudio and Isabella’s speech in Blank Verse
