Figurative Language In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

After seeing her for the first time, Romeo immediately fell in love and developed strong feelings for Juliet, the daughter of Capulet. This led to the dilemma of loving the enemy, all because Mercutio persuaded Romeo to go to the party. “If love be rough with you, be rough with love. Prick love for pricking and you beat love down…” (I.iv.27-28).

Thought Without Reasoning The characters in Romeo and Juliet in no way had easy lives, but life could have been easier if only some decisions were not made. Characters found in this play experienced tragedy and anger because of the decisions made by them or around them. In Romeo and Juliet, the characters were foolish and did not think before making decisions that seriously affected them. The first character in Romeo and Juliet that exhibits the foolish trait is Romeo.

Despite their endless love, Romeo and Juliet feel obligated to keep their love undercover. After The lovers meet, Juliet says ¨My only love sprung from my only hate¨ (I.v.135). When Romeo realizes he wants to marry Juliet he goes to Friar Lawrence, who says ¨For this alliance may so happy prove./ To turn your households´ rancour to pure love. (II.iii.93-94). He agrees to the marriage in hopes it will mend the family feud.

Romeo and Juliet, although hailed as the best work of romantic literature, has many problems. Romeo and Juliet are impulsive in their actions and thoughts. Neither character thinks their decisions through and overall they spend just three days together. They both make rash decisions because they don't understand what love is. These rash decisions show that they don't truly love each other.

Romeo struggles between his dedication to love,his dedication of honor and his dedication to accept Juliet as his enemy throughout Romeo and Juliet. Despite this fact Romeo may choose his dedication of honor over his dedication to love Juliet, Romeo is enamored with Juliet whose last name may overcome his honor,Romeo understands that his genuine romance is the enemy"oh, this is an overwhelming cost to pay! My life is in the hands of my enemy". The struggle is real when Romeo is expected to honor his family or his wife to be. Romeo is a man of honor so when his honor is challenged, his dedication of love for Juliet is challenged as well.

Young men’s love then lies / Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes… In one respect I’ll thy assistant be; / For this alliance may so happy prove / To turn your households’ rancor to pure love” (2.3.65-92). The friar tells Romeo that he does not love Juliet, he only loves her appearance, but he marries them anyways to possibly end the feud. The friar makes impulsive decisions without giving the situation much thought. He also performs another act of impetuosity in Act IV.

When authors use figurative language, it develops a deeper understanding for the reader. Things such as colour, descriptive words, and comparisons provide the reader with an in-depth visual. This helps the reader to connect to the story and relate to the characters within it. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses a great deal of figurative language in The Great Gatsby. This contributes to the immense artistry of the novel in many different ways and through numerous forms.

In Act 1, Scene 1, Lines 168 through 176 of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo struggles to define love. He uses statements like,"loving hate","heavy lightness", and "cold fire. " By "loving hate" Shakespeare means that Romeo loves someone that doesn't feel the same.   "Heavy lightness" meaning that love is supposed to feel like your

Romeo sees what he thinks is Juliet lifless and cold. He professes his love for her and kisses her. Romeo says, "Come, bitter conduct, come, unsavory guide!/ Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on/ The dashing rocks thy seasick weary bark! Here's to my love (drinking)/ Oh true apothecary/

From the very beginning of the play, Shakespeare, is holding fate to blame for the death of the two lovers. In the line “from forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life” foreshadowing, metaphor and alliteration are used to show how Romeo and Juliet’s love would end in tragedy. Foreshadowing is used to create suspense leading to a later scene in the play where the lover’s suicide. The metaphor “star-crossed lovers” suggest the prophetic alignments of the stars are against them. The lovers are ill-fated from the start.

At last but not least, the author employs negative diction, such as: “vexed” (1.1.199), “madness” (1.1.200), and “gall” (1.1.201). “Vexed” denotes annoyed, and “madness” denotes insanity. Since Romeo is referring to love in such a negative way, this shows that Romeo is pessimistic about love. In this passage, the metaphors demonstrate that love is short-lasting, depressing, and conflicting. Due to the metaphor and negative diction in this passage, the author characterizes Romeo as a person who is conflicted and frustrated by love.

Despite all this lovey dovey stuff, what really shocked me was Romeo’s comments about juliet. I quote “ The

For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night(1.5.51-52)” From this quote, this is showing that Romeo is Superficial because with this we can see how he is questioning love with Rosaline

Romeo and Juliet are simply weak characters that are unable to accept reality and move on with their lives. Even though Romeo and Juliet are the main characters who are dignified and occasionally even heroic, their flaws outweigh their strengths. Following Mercutio’s murder, Romeo is so distraught, he listens

Romeo: One angry look from you is so much worse than twenty of your family members with swords. Look at me kindly, I’m invincible against their hatred. 27. Juliet: I would give anything to keep them from seeing you out here. 28.