Paradox and Oxymoron in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet  

作　　者：陈贵才 

机构地区：[1]临沧师范高等专科学校外语系,云南临沧677000

出　　处：《海外英语》2014年第20期191-192,共2页Overseas English

摘　　要：Paradox and oxymoron are two rhetoric devices frequently used by Shakespeare in his sonnets and drama,especially in the tragedy Romeo and Juliet. In applying paradoxes and oxymora to the play,Shakespeare succeeds in conveying the complex and conflicting psychological reality of the protagonists,increasing the textual tension,and achieving a good dramatic effect.Paradox and oxymoron are two rhetoric devices frequently used by Shakespeare in his sonnets and drama,especially in the tragedy Romeo and Juliet. In applying paradoxes and oxymora to the play,Shakespeare succeeds in conveying the complex and conflicting psychological reality of the protagonists,increasing the textual tension,and achieving a good dramatic effect.

关 键 词：PARADOX OXYMORON SHAKESPEARE RomeoandJuliet dramat 

分 类 号：I561.073[文学—其他各国文学]