How Does Shakespeare Use Literary Terms In Romeo And Juliet

How Shakespeare Enchants his Readers With Literary Terms
In William Shakespeare's Play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, the use of literary terms causes a intriguing and complex story for readers of all ages to enjoy. Shakespeare was versatile in his use of each term, using all of them in several different ways each. The literary terms most prominent in the play are Blank Verse, Dramatic Irony, and Foreshadowing. The different literary terms provided an entertaining plot line that will cause the reader to think about how things might connect, and even cause the reader to dig deeper into the story in order to comprehend some aspects of the speeches.
Although the use of all the literary terms may not jump out at the reader, the entire play is a literary term in itself, as it is written in blank verse poetry. The poetry used in Romeo and Juliet makes the story flow with shakespeare's use of iambic pentameter. Although the poetry doesn’t rhyme it is still impactful on the how the reader hears the lines being read by creating a rhythym that contributes to the sensory details in the story. One of the most famous pieces of dialogue in the play is the opening

Shakespeare scatters the use if his foreshadowing all over the play. Some of his foreshadowing is so obvious it becomes dramatic Irony while some other is hidden within the lines and is only obvious to someone who has already read the play. When Shakespeare first introduced Friar Lawrence he was in scene speaking to himself about herbs where he ends his speech with , “In man as well as herbs - grace and rude will; And where the worser is predominant, Full soon the canker death that eats up that plant.” (2.3.28) In those lines the Friar is explaining how herbs can be either used for good use or evil just like people can be either good or evil. This foreshadows the end of the play where poison is used to sedate Juliet and kill