Shakespeare uses figurative language and details in the balcony scene to reveal Romeo as an impulsive and brave person. Shakespeare reveals Juliet’s character as fearless and careful. Romeo’s blind love for Juliet does not let him think thoroughly about the consequences he can face instead Romeo tells her “ thy kinsmen are no stop to me” ( 2.2.74). He knows that he cannot face all of the guards, but for Juliet he is willing to do anything.. This detail reveals Romeo’s immaturity because he should not say something that he cannot do and he should live in reality. Romeo exaggerations reveals him as very impulsive, while looking at Juliet he describes her cheeks as “ The brightness of her cheeks would shame those stars, as daylight doth lamps”
In the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare uses many motifs to develop the main central idea. One motif he used is light versus dark. The motif of light versus dark in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is developed by figurative language to demonstrate all of the emotions the two characters have experienced during the play. In the beginning of the play, the motif of light versus dark is displayed through figurative language.
Romeo’s soliloquy about Juliet says, “Juliet is the sun. Arise fair sun and kill the envious moon”(2.2.4). This metaphor exemplifies the beauty that Romeo sees in Juliet. By saying that she is the “sun” he shows how much she stands out to him; shining brighter and higher than all others. This demonstrates Romeo’s deep connection to Juliet and no one else. At the first sight of Juliet, Romeo is very intrigued and he says, “The brightness in her cheeks would shame all those stars” (2.2.19-20). Romeo uses a metaphor to prove that she is shining, bright, high, and beautiful. He feels that she would “shame those stars” with her profound beauty, the thing that stands out most to him. Even when Romeo and Juliet know that things may become difficult between them Romeo says: “For stony limits cannot hold love out”(2.2.72). This personification shows how Romeo's desire for Juliet will not be stopped by anything. If “stoney limits” will not stop Romeo’s love for Juliet, he believes he will never let anything get between them. Through Shakespeare's use of figurative language, Romeo’s feelings for Juliet are
William Shakespeare is memorable not for the stories he writes but for how he writes them. In Act II Scene ii of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare’s use of diction emphasizes the young lovers’ passion for each other. Romeo arrives in Juliet’s garden just hours after first meeting her and begins to think aloud. Before Juliet discovers that Romeo is beneath her window, he compares her to “a winged messenger of heaven,” whose beauty is immortal (Shakespeare Act II Scene ii Line 28). Shakespeare’s word choice not only alludes to Christianity, the central religion in Italy during the time period, but expresses Romeo’s love for Juliet as undying, just like the angel he says she is.
The importance of having an audience connect with characters in literature is how the audience can understand what language the characters are using to convey what they are trying to say about someone or a general theme in an emotional way. In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the point of the plot in the passage is that it takes place in the time Romeo is expressing his emotions when he meets Juliet in the masquerade party for the first time. Shakespeare incorporates figurative language to portray how Romeo shows his feelings for Juliet by comparing and personifying her to other objects by using simile and personification. Shakespeare uses figurative language to enhance Romeo’s feelings for someone else by using precise word choice to convey his meaning behind how the
Diction allows readers to interpret the author’s text in the way he or she hopes. Shakespeare’s word choice in the famous balcony scene, is what makes it the famous balcony scene. By writing Romeo and Juliet’s monologues as poetic as they are, Shakespeare is able to create a meaningful scene. Romeo calls Juliet a “bright angel… [that is]... as glorious to [the] night… as is a winged messenger of heaven” (Shakespeare ln 26-28). Rather than just writing that Juliet is as beautiful as an angel, Shakespeare uses adjectives that paint a more vivid picture. By saying “winged messenger of heaven” rather than angel, the reader is able to gain a clearer understanding of how much Romeo loves Juliet. Shakespeare’s diction when Juliet is asking Romeo if
As the story of Romeo and Juliet further progresses, Romeo’s true character becomes more and more apparent; he seems to act solely by impulse. Romeo acts moreso with his emotions, and sudden thoughts than his brain which stores reason and logic. This causes for tragedy and unfortunate circumstance by the end of the poem. This shows how impulsive he is in most of his decisions and how he tends to be very dramatic in everything that he does. When Romeo discovers that Juliet is dead, he almost immediately dramatically decides to drink poison, to kill himself. “Here’s to love, O true apothecary, thy drugs are quick - thus with a kiss I die.” Which shows how quickly he makes wrash and dramatic decisions without thinking it through. If Romeo had not been so careless and impulsive in his decision, Juliet would have awoken and they would both still be alive.
Romeo is portrayed as an emotional and reckless character. His friend Mercutio and Fr. Lawrence comment on Romeo’s fickle attitude when he immediately falls in love with Juliet completely forgetting about Rosaline, his first love. Romeo quotes,” Did my heart love until now? Foreswear it sight, for I never saw true beauty until this night”. His love for Rosaline was superficial. Juliet transforms Romeo’s immature and erotic infatuation to true and constant love. After meeting Juliet he matures very quickly. Maybe Romeo’s love for Juliet is so intense because unlike Rosaline, Juliet reciprocates his
Shakespeare is able to enlighten Romeo’s overall character and mood by showing us how reckless he can get for his love for Juliet. Even though his love is heavily driven by physical affection, we can see that he is willing to abide by true love and meet Juliet with his life at risk. This time around, Juliet is seen making bold statements expressing her
Often times, relationships can be torn apart by the immature things in life. Nowadays people can get caught up in what is fictitious rather than what is genuine. The poem Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, contradicts this idea. The characters, Romeo Montague and Friar Lawrence, opens themselves up to one another which forms a bond so firm. Therefore, through Shakespeare’s use of metaphorical language, apostrophes, and personification Shakespeare proves the point that relationships can be held firmly together through trust.
The comparison from "The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet" and "The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet" is that they do have different figurative languages. Some similarities that they have is that they both have the same characters. The next similarity is that in both the poem and the story Juliet confesses Romeo her love towards him and how she is capable to get married with him so they can be together. In the poem it says "In even balance peiséd are my life and eke my death.For so my heart is knit, yea, made one self with yours" I included this from the poem because this is a part where she is expressing her love for Romeus. A similarity they have is that they both include that they are Capulets and Montagues. In the poem it starts off as
Romeo and Juliets is a tragic love story but it is the meaning behind the words that made it such a beautiful play. Romeo and Juliet’s dreadful events took place in Verona. Juliet born into the Capulet family and Romeo being a Montague destined to be enemies but fall deeply in love. The audience knows the love between the characters because of the significance behind Shakespeare’s dialogue.
As seen, Romeo has, throughout the whole course of the play, demonstrated his impulsive and immature nature. Romeo, though he has matured only slightly with Juliet, still makes childish choices and decisions, and lets his emotions get the
In the play Romeo and Juliet, a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career, two young star-crossed lovers’ deaths reunite their feuding families. Shakespeare uses literary devices throughout the play, to amuse, guide, and entertain the viewer/reader. In the play, Shakespeare uses puns which are used to release tension as the plays a tragedy with many serious moments. He also uses metaphors to explain the relationship between Romeo and Juliet. In the movie Ratatouille, there are many puns to lighten the mood in serious scenes to make the movie more kid friendly.
Teenagers often take permanent action to temporary problems. For example, take the phenomenal play Romeo and Juliet. In the play Romeo and Juliet are two young adults, who are star crossed lovers. However, the families that these teenagers belong to had a deep animosity towards each other. Therefore, they would never allow their children to love and marry, so they killed themselves.
This paper begins by providing key terms for the argument before providing background of the situation. Figurative language is that which provides the reader with comparisons, substitutions and patterns in which shapes the meaning of Figurative language. However, most language is figurative in some sense, because word’s, do not have a single, objective meaning. “If we are true to ourselves, we can not be false to anyone”.