Examples Of Depression In Romeo And Juliet

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When a person undergoes a break-up, they usually go through the nine stages of grief according to Psychology Today. One of the stages of grief is depression; in “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare shows this stage of a breakup. Shakespeare uses allusions and oxymoron to show Romeo’s miserable personality after a break up. By using allusion, Shakespeare characterizes Romeo as depressed. In Act 1, Scene 1 lines 156-241 displays a conversation between Romeo and Benvolio. During this conversation, Benvolio tries to discover who the girl in which Romeo is in love with and Romeo explains in line 211 of Act 1, Scene 1 to Benvolio that “With Cupid’s arrow. She hath Dian’s wit”. This line’s modern translation is that Rosaline does not want Cupid,