PARADOX? OR OXYMORON?.

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PARADOX? OR OXYMORON?

Oxymoron vs. Paradox

An OXYMORON is a combination of contradictory words that are stuck together in a way that actually seems to make sense.

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by William Shakespeare sweet sorrow from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

is an extended OXYMORON. A PARADOX is an extended OXYMORON.

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Are these paradoxes or oxymorons? O brawling love, O loving hate, O anything of nothing first created! O heavy lightness, serious vanity, Misshapen chaos of well-meaning forms! Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health, Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is! This love feel I, that feel no love in this. --Romeo

HW: Schrodinger’s Cat Come to me before our next class and explain to me why Schrodinger’s Cat is a paradox, and you will receive an extra credit 100 quiz score!