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Figurative Language #1: “Why should you fall into so deep an O?” Character: Nurse Device: Metaphor The following phrase “Why should you fall into so deep an O?” is also known as a metaphor. The Nurse is comparing Romeo’s misery to Romeo’s actions. The Nurse is struck by how Romeo has given up, because of his banishment and therefore his chances of seeing Juliet hitting rock bottom.
Many people wonder how Shakespeare could take a story and bring it to life, well part of his big secret is actually figurative language! Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a tragic tale of two lovers whose families have a long lasting feud that makes their love forbidden. In this play, Shakespeare's figurative language is used to add description and help his readers better picture what he is trying to depicting. Shakespeare uses similes in a multitude of ways in this play.
In the love tragedy play of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo Montague plays one of the main characters who is well-educated and passionate about his love, and specifically-chosen images symbolizes these characteristics in my slide. For example, when Romeo and his friend, Benvolio, encountered an illiterate, Capulet serving man who asked if they knew how to read, Romeo answered, “Stay fellow. I can read” (1.2.68). As a result, this shows readers Romeo is intellectual and has an education some time in his life. Also, I incorporated an image of books to symbolically represent his scholarly intelligence.
In Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” the “playboy” character of Romeo utilizes figurative language, specifically hyperbole, to manipulate the young-minded Juliet into falling for him. One would use such exaggeration to make someone feel extra special about one’s self. It renders that person vulnerable. They are capable of reaching their desires through words and this concept would fittingly apply to love as well. There are many boys out there who would try and get with a cute girl and they all do this through language.
Romeo & Juliet Essay Indirect characterization is a literary skill that most authors, or playwrights, use to give information about a character to the audience without directly saying it. Juxtaposition contributes greatly to the indirect characterization of a character by showing off their complexity and how they react to a situation. By using juxtaposition to give show a character’s style, an author could show the audience the character’s thinking pattern, reactions, and all other aspects of that character. William Shakespeare, the playwright of many famous plays, is known for using both juxtaposition and indirect characterization in his work, especially in one of his most famous titles, Romeo and Juliet.
I think that allusions are a great tool for literature. They provide information such as what the character believes in and what society is like to the audience. I think that the Shakespearean audience would have understood the allusions because it is during their time period and they understand what everything is like. Yet, if this play was acted today, I don 't think that all of the allusions would be understood. This is because of how different the worlds are today.
Romeo views Juliet as sacred and the most beautiful and perfect person he has ever seen, as if she’s not even from this world. Romeo views Juliet as divinely sacred, which is evident from his language when he says, “And touching hers, bless my hand” (1.5-58). When Romeo uses the word blessed, that figurative language helps us to comprehend the drama of Romeo’s feelings. He expresses the idea that Juliet’s touch has the power to sanctify his hand, which he considers unworthy. Romeo is implying that merely touching her would bless his own less refined hand.
Within the Play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare there is a power thirsty, quick-tempered, and a hot-headed character named Tybalt who despises Montagues. Tybalt’s personality and motivation of violence and greed for power can be inferred by his use of figurative language. When Tybalt encountered Benvolio who came between the fight of the servants of Montague and Capulet, he shouts, "What, drawn, and talk of peace! I hate the word, As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee: Have at thee coward. " Tybalt expresses his hate about peace by comparing it to Benvolio, Montagues, and hell.
What makes love and passion a double-edged sword? Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet delves into the complexities of Cupid and his impact on the characters. Through passionate feelings, Shakespeare is able to craft a tragedy where two lovers give up their lives, in a refusal to live without each other. Using Cupid as a symbol of both love and poison, Shakespeare provides an insightful commentary on the venomous nature of passion, displaying the tragic outcomes that can ensue. Using the actions and outcomes of the characters, clever uses of figurative language, and the many Cupid motifs scattered throughout the play, Shakespeare is able to prove the danger of unchecked passion.
When you know something about someone it can make you change the way you think about them. If you don’t know it you could accidentally hurt someone you care about. The same is true for the play Romeo and Juliet. In the play Shakespeare uses dramatic irony to both drive the play forward and to present a message or theme. A few examples of these are when we know who Romeo and Juliet's parents are when they meet
In the first Act of A Midsummer Night's Dream, main characters are introduced in a way that sets the tone for the rest of the play. Egeus' first speech, found on lines 23 to 46, is a perfect example of this; through his speech themes of domination and control, and his accusatory themes, he affirms the accepted positions of power of his time. Language and grammar used here all give the reader an important first impression. Starting with the first line, Egeus states "Full of vexation come I". By placing the phrase "full of vexation" first, the vexation — vexation over the disobedience of his daughter — is emphasized.
Many poets and play writers (like him) would use metaphors and it was such a common thing that it turned into something more like a cliché. Shakespeare noticed this and
Miscommunication in Romeo and Juliet Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society” (The Best Quotes About Lies and Lying). People in this world lie all the time because they think that they are helping instead of telling the truth. When the truth comes out in the society people are more hurt than if a person just told the truth instead of lying. In William Shakespeare's, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet die from miscommunication between the characters, not fate.
Shakespeare is a skillful author when it comes to figurative language, he composes his work to appear as one thing but, simultaneously mean something else. In the play, Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare uses heaps of figurative language to hint the dramatic impulse of the story. Romeo and Juliet is about two families, the Montagues, and Capulets both are mortal enemies who hate each other and has hated each other for years. Romeo who is in the Montagues family falls for the Capulet's daughter Juliet in a matter of hours of meeting each other they get married. As the story unfolds the two lovebirds take their own lives in the hands of suicide.”
Tara Jahns Ms. Zita Szigeti Language and Literature Advanced 9 9th of March 2015 English Essay Summative Assessment of Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is such an interesting play because even now, five hundred years later we are still talking and learning about this play. It is so relatable till date because people fall in love now as Romeo and Juliet did, families fight, as the Montagues and Capulets did. We can relate to each character in some. Which is what makes this play so compelling and lets it live, five hundred years later. Romeo and Juliet is a tragic tale of two lovers, separated by an epic feud of their two houses (Romeo a Montague and Juliet a Capulet.)
