The Use Of Literary Devices In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Throughout the story, Shakespeare utilizes several different literary devices, and in this case, he uses a pun, or a joke exploiting the possible meanings of a word that sounds alike another but has a different meaning. When Gregory and Sampson are conversing about their negative feelings towards the Montagues, Sampson mentions that they will not carry coals, meaning that they won’t tolerate any disrespect from the Montagues. Then, Gregory says that they will not be colliers, which means coal workers, and connects what Sampson said about coals and disrespect. After that, Sampson says that if they had too much choler or anger, they would have to fight with the Montagues. Finally, Gregory says that while the Montagues live, they would be fortunate

In the beginning, Capulet and a potential suitor, Paris for Juliet are discussing the possible marriage between him and Juliet. Lord Capulet believes that she is too young, and should not be married just yet, but he invites Paris to the party that he has planned for the future, for Paris to attempt to win Juliet over. Then, Lord Capulet gives a servant a list to invite people to his party, and the servant leaves to inform the people invited. The servant is illiterate, and he eventually bumps into both Romeo and Benvolio and asks them to read the list for him. The servant invites them to come to the party, as a reward for helping him read the list. They accept, and Benvolio tells Romeo that this is an excellent opportunity to meet someone new, but Romeo sees this as an opportunity to see Rosaline again since he saw her name on the list. This event caused Romeo to meet Juliet, because had he not been invited by the servant, he probably would have never met Juliet, since they are from rival families. This serves as a major plot point, because this is where Romeo and Juliet both fall in love with each other, and this drives the rest of the story. (230