Why does Shakespeare deploy such heavy metaphors of appetite, digestion and disease throughout this particular tragedy? Your success on this Troilus And Cressida Literary Devices Quiz will depend on how well you analyse the use of irony and heraldry. Consider the rhetorical structures that inform the dialogue of both the generals and the lovers.
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Troilus And Cressida Literary Devices Quiz Questions
- Which literary device dominates Shakespeare’s portrayal of war in Troilus and Cressida?
- What device is used when Troilus compares his love to battle?
- Thersites’ constant mockery of heroes best illustrates which device?
- When Ulysses warns of “degree,” he uses which rhetorical strategy?
- Cressida’s shifting tone toward Troilus is an example of what?
- The contrast between love and war throughout the play demonstrates what device?
- When Hector says “honor keeps the weather fair,” he is using which device?
- The play’s bleak tone and unresolved ending are examples of what literary approach?
- Troilus’ speech about constancy uses which device to emphasize emotion?
- Pandarus’ self-description as a “bawd” reflects what literary element?
- When Cressida vows faithfulness but betrays Troilus, this creates what device?
- Achilles’ pride leading to Hector’s death demonstrates which device?
- The constant references to Greek mythology in dialogue are examples of what?
- When Thersites calls Ajax “a bull, a lion, and a fool,” he uses which device?
- The theme of illusion versus reality is reinforced by what recurring device?
- When Ulysses uses “a ladder to the stars” to describe ambition, he employs which device?
- The audience’s awareness of Cressida’s deceit before Troilus learns it is an example of what?
- The description of war as “plague and famine” is an example of what?
- Troilus’ despairing lines about faith and reason show which literary device?
- When characters speak in verse while mocking noble ideals, Shakespeare employs what?
- The corruption of love and honor throughout the play creates what overall tone?
- The personification of “Fate” throughout the play is an example of what device?
- The imagery of disease and decay reflects which literary concept?
- When Thersites says “war and lechery confound all,” he uses what device?
- Cressida’s language full of contradictions reveals which device?
- Pandarus addressing the audience in the epilogue breaks which dramatic convention?
- When Hector compares honor to a garment, he uses which device?
- Troilus’ idealized view of love contrasts with Cressida’s realism through what device?
- The play’s mixture of comedy and tragedy is best described as what literary form?
- When Achilles pretends friendship before ambushing Hector, it’s an example of what?