Romeo and Juliet Questions on Now by the Stock and Honor of My Kin, / to Strike Him Dead I Hold It Not a Sin

Romeo and Juliet

When Tybalt says, "Now by the stock and honor of my kin, / To strike him dead I hold it not a sin," he means that killing Romeo would not be a crime because it would defend the Capulet family's...

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Romeo and Juliet

The literary device being used in the lines "Now by the stock and honor of my kin, / To strike him dead I hold it not a sin" is rhyme. Shakespeare tended to write words spoken by noble characters in...

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