Who wrote the play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet? In that play, the smaller storyline of the longtime rivalry between Romeo's family and Juliet's family serves which literary function?

What type of literary device is demonstrated in this passage from the monkeys paw father and son

What exaggeration about him smiley does the narrator of the notorious jumping frog of calveras county make

What is the effect of the author's choice of the word loathsome rather than hateful in this sentence from the count of monte cristo? two soldiers were accordingly sent for, and the inspector descended a stairway, so foul, so humid, so dark, as to be loathsome to sight, smell, and respiration. it reveals that the unpleasant aspects of the stairway are manmade. it stresses the disgusting, offensive nature of the stairway. it suggests that the soldiers are used to the place and do not hate it. it implies that the effects of the stairway are felt only by the inspector.