OCR GCSE English Literature · J352
Paper 2
A word or expression with two meanings, often one innocent and one sexual.
Revise: Gratiano and NerissaThe ring can represent his renewed promise, while the sexual double entendre preserves his bawdy personality. The final rhyming pair, ending in ‘thing’ and ‘ring’, gives the comedy a neat verbal close. He may have learned to respect Nerissa's claim on him, but Shakespeare does not turn him into a solemn or wholly reformed man.
- Revise: Act 3
An expression with two possible meanings, often with one meaning being sexual or indecent.