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Which of the following, spoken by Mercutio as he dies, is an example of a pun? Lady, by younger blessed moon I swear Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man No, tis not so deep as a well
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Which of the following, spoken by Mercutio as he dies, is an example of a pun?

Lady, by younger blessed moon I swear
Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man
No, tis not so deep as a well
Why the devil came you between us?

User Mark Zhang
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The second one is a pun.
Because he is going to be dead, he is going to be a grave man, which has a couple different ways to read it, but the pun is the grave man as in dead
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2nd one, Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man
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