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Paronomasia is punning or making a play on words by taking advantage of the fact that some words have more than one meaning. Mercutio, who has just been fatally wounded says " ask for me tomorrow and ye shall find me a grave man". This uses the fact that grave has two meanings. He sounds as though he is saying he will be grave and serious tomorrow but it can be also be heard that he is saying he will be dead and ready for the grave.

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Mercutio makes a pun on the word "grave": he says when someone calls for him tomorrow "they will find me a grave man." Normally that means solemn, but in this case, Mercutio means that he will be dead and ready to be buried in a grave.

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