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What are examples of the literary devices apostrophe conceit metonymy and pun in Act III Romeo Juliet?

Apostrophe:

- "O, Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?" (Juliet, Act III, Scene II)

Conceit:

- "But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?

It is the east, and Juliet is the sun" (Romeo, Act III, Scene II)

Metonymy:

- "I have more care to stay than will to go" (Romeo, Act III, Scene I)

Pun:

- "Your love says, like any other flower, will fade" (Nurse, Act III, Scene IV)

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