Throughout the play Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare uses figurative language to express character and emotional traits. Shakespeare expresses Romeo as a character looking for love. Romeo is shown as a lover whose feelings of love are not the same true love that Juliet has for him. Romeo uses the poetic figurative language of metaphors and hyperbole to express his emotions and characteristics. Romeo is standing outside of Juliet’s home and looks up at her window with the sun shining on Juliet.
Throughout the tragedy Romeo and Juliet, playwright William Shakespeare employs a variety of figurative language, including oxymorons, metaphors, synecdoches, and juxtaposition to develop the internal conflict within Romeo and Juliet, which is caused by the external conflict of the warring families. Playwright William Shakespeare utilizes figurative language to convey the turmoil that evolves both within and between characters as the play progresses. Juxtaposition and metaphor are used in Act 1 to illustrate how the external conflict between the families causes an internal conflict within Juliet as she falls in love with Romeo. After Romeo and Juliet’s initial meeting, Shakespeare employs metaphor and juxtaposition to demonstrate the tension that arises when Juliet discovers she is in love with the son of her family’s foe: “My only love sprung from my only hate!”
Balcony Scene Two Chunk In Act two scene two of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare uses similes and metaphors to portray the passion and love Romeo and Juliet feel toward each other by comparing it to natural things. For instance, After the Capulet ball, Romeo finds himself at Juliet’s balcony explaining how much he loves her and says “I am no pilot, yet, wert thou as far as that vast shore wash'd with the farthest sea, I would adventure for such merchandise” (II.ii.90). Shakespeare has Romeo compare himself to a pilot and Juliet as merchandise. A pilot travels around the world to deliver or get things and merchandise is what the pilots get.
Shakespeare develops the two characters Romeo and Juliet by using figurative language, especially metaphors, to develop how the two characters love each other and obsess over each other. An example of figurative language in this scene of Romeo and Juliet is where Juliet is speaking to herself about Romeo, unknowing that Romeo is there listening. She describes Romeo as a rose, in which even if the name was changed to, for example, a spoon, it still would be a rose even if it was called a spoon (47, 48). This means that even if Romeo had a different name than what he did then, if he changed his name for Juliet so that they could love each other, then she would still love him the same as she did before. This advances the plot and also develops her character, since it shows how she wants him to change his name, telling her desires for whom she wishes to love, and advances the plot in the same.
Metaphor “Peered forth the golden window of the east. ”(Act 1, Scene 1) Benvolio uses this metaphor when he is revealing the location of Romeo to the Montagues. He is comparing how the sun looks like a golden window. The sun is in the direction of East.
In Act 2, Scene 2 of “Romeo and Juliet”, Shakespeare uses metaphor and imagery to express how Romeo and Juliet would do anything to be together and to emphasize how the hate between the two feuding families can create separation within two lovers. For example, there was a metaphor where Romeo compares Juliet as to the sun “It is the east, and Juliet is the Sun. (Line 3)”. Since the sun is beautiful, Romeo is basically saying that Juliet is also just as beautiful. Also, since the sun shows what direction an individual could go to, it shows that Romeo will do pretty much anything to be with Juliet.
In Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare uses figurative language such as; simile, metaphor, and hyperbole to reveal how Romeo and Juliet feel about one another. Shakespeare uses simile through Romeo’s description of Juliet when he is hiding in the orchard and listening to her talk. Romeo states, “O, speak again, bright angel! For thou art/ As glorious to this night, being o’er head,/ As is a wing messenger of heaven” (2.2.28-30). This is Romeo comparing Juliet to an angel, a winged messenger of heaven, a spiritual being that’s depicted as a person of high virtue.
In ACT II, scene 2 of the poem Romeo and Juliet, the author, William Shakespeare, utilizes many elements such as syntax, diction, and figurative language to create a mood for the balcony scene. Within analyzing the scene, it seems that the atmosphere is a passionate-burning love for the significant other between the characters Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare attempted to create a passionate-loving atmosphere between Romeo and Juliet by using syntax as the first puzzle piece. When Juliet asks Romeo, “Do you love me? I know you’ll say “yes,” and I will believe you.
“Brutality of Love” through Figurative Language Figurative language is often used in many pieces of writing. The use of figurative language adds color, along with other numerous elements to the writing. Even themes can be advanced through the use of figurative language. Of course, this is not something unheard of, as Shakespeare himself used figurative language to advance certain themes in his writing, “Romeo and Juliet” -- a writing which dates back to the late 1500’s. Within the play/writing, “Romeo and Juliet”, the theme: “brutality of love” is quite evident through the use of figurative language types: personification, simile, and metaphor, as they are used to advance the theme.
If a rose was called something else, it would smell the same, and Romeo would be the same person if he was not a Montague. The prince also believes that their hostility had a tragic outcome. “See what a scourge is laid upon your hate, that heaven finds means to kill your joys with love” (374). Their loathing caused both of their children to be heartbroken since they were unable to be together. The prince states this to show that their grudges are childish and caused them to lose their loved ones.
Additionally Juliet compares Romeo to a rose. “A rose by any other word would smell as sweet. So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called,
In the play Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare uses a lot of literary terms. All through the grudge, love, and potions, one can analyze and find astonishing figurative language. Shakespeare uses metaphors, similes, and apostrophes to get readers to visual more and to better understand his work. Metaphors was one of the main terms Shakespeare used.
William Shakespeare included metaphors in his play Romeo And Juliet to explain the relationship between Romeo and Juliet while enhancing the reader's experience. When Romeo comes to the Capulet ball he immediately notices Juliet and her beauty. When Romeo first sees Juliet he already lets her know his love for her, “If I profane with my unworthiest hand this holy shrine, the gentle sin is this: My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand to smooth that rough touch with my tender kiss” (1.5.104-107). Romeo compares himself to Pilgrims and the way Pilgrims worship a holy shrine, saying how much he worships Juliet. This lets the audience know how to should appreciate any lover but not go to the extent of worshipping them.
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.” (2.2.43-44). Shakespeare uses an analogy to emphasize that the reason that they cannot be together due to their families does not make sense. Shakespeare uses the word “sweet” to accentuate how sweet and happy their love would be.
Romeo and Juliet is a play written by Williams Shakespeare. It is set in Verona, Italy. The play is about two protagonists who are lovers, that came from two feuding families. Romeo one of the protagonist is very immature. He became depressed Rosaline did not love him back.
