It's an example of a pun.
Mercutio says, "Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man."
Paronomasia is punning or making a play on words by taking advantage of the fact that some words have more than one meaning. Mercutio, who has just been fatally wounded says " ask for me tomorrow and ye shall find me a grave man". This uses the fact that grave has two meanings. He sounds as though he is saying he will be grave and serious tomorrow but it can be also be heard that he is saying he will be dead and ready for the grave.
It is from Romeo and Juliet and it has two meanings. A "grave man" means hes going to be dead but it also meant back then that you are a serious person. So basically he meant ask me tomorrow and Ill be serious about it, but really meant, ask me tomorrow and ill be dead.
It is foreshadowing that Mercutio is going to tomorrow. Grave is being used as a pun.
Dance on My Grave was created in 1982.
To help you, here is a famous quotation from Shakespeare: "Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day." (Macbeth) Here is another one: "Call on me tomorrow, and you will find me a grave man." (Romeo and Juliet) Basically, "tomorrow" is "tomorrow"--not surprising really, since Elizabethan English is not a different language from our own.
Mercutio says, "Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man."
"Cradle to the grave" is an example of an idiom, a figurative phrase that conveys a certain meaning other than the literal interpretation of the words. It is a metaphorical expression used to describe the entirety of a person's life from birth to death.
Paronomasia is punning or making a play on words by taking advantage of the fact that some words have more than one meaning. Mercutio, who has just been fatally wounded says " ask for me tomorrow and ye shall find me a grave man". This uses the fact that grave has two meanings. He sounds as though he is saying he will be grave and serious tomorrow but it can be also be heard that he is saying he will be dead and ready for the grave.
It is from Romeo and Juliet and it has two meanings. A "grave man" means hes going to be dead but it also meant back then that you are a serious person. So basically he meant ask me tomorrow and Ill be serious about it, but really meant, ask me tomorrow and ill be dead.
It is foreshadowing that Mercutio is going to tomorrow. Grave is being used as a pun.
'standing wet in holy rain''that's when I watched you seal your grave''you'll only die a dream forgotten''words as weapons, pierce into you''I'm alive and now I'm burning'Hope this helped :)
'Grave' (burial place in the ground) is called a 'Qabr' (قبر) in the Arabic language.
The word is grave. After having been stab by Tybalt, Mercutio dies. His last words are..."Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man...."
To "dig ones grave" is to get ones self in trouble. Example- He dug his own grave when he decided to steal from the teacher and then brag to other faculty about it.
an inscription, like in a grave stone
revenge