Literary Use Of Metaphors In Romeo And Juliet By William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet shows how the story of true love can break the ancient grudge between two families. The conflict in the story is Capulets against Montagues. From ancient times, the two families have held grudges against each other. As the book states. “Two households, alike in dignity...from ancient grudge break to new mutiny. Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean” (1.Prologue.1-4). The grudge between the two families led to fighting and even death.

In the drama, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, there are several long speeches that show different types of figurative language and structure. One that is particularly intriguing is the speech Mercutio makes when trying to persuade Romeo to go to the Capulet party. In this speech Mercutio describes Queen Mab, who is a fairy like woman that controls dreams. She makes ladies dream of kisses, soldiers dream of the blood of enemies, and lawyers dream of money. Within this speech about Queen Mab, Shakespeare uses metaphorical language, imagery, specific tones, and structure to create an image for the audience and contribute to the larger plot of the play.

Romeo and Juliet is a story based on conflict. The conflict in the story is Capulet against Montague. From ancient times, the two families have held grudges against each other. As the book states. “Two households, alike in dignity...from ancient grudge break to new mutiny. Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean (1.Prologue.1-4).” The grudge between the two families has led to fighting and even death.

Romeo must not live.” in which that means that Lady Capulet “wants justice because Romeo killed Tybalt and Romeo should die.” This quote shows hate because Romeo killed her nephew.It is evident from this scene that hate is shown to be stronger than love because Lady Capulet.Another reason about this is Romeo kills himself because Juliet is dead.Romeo thought she was died by drinking the poison she drinked.It is clear from Lady Capulet wants Romeo to die because he killed Tybalt the nephew.In which that hate is stronger than love , but another way Shakespeare shows the audience that hate is stronger than love is when Romeo feels guilty for killing Tybalt and Paris and Mercutio his friends is

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.

Throughout the play, Shakespeare uses symbolism to exemplify how fate is inevitable. The biggest symbol from the beginning to the end, is the stars. The stars represent one’s fate, (and it was believed that the stars determined what happens in one’s lifetime) include parenthesis?. Before heading into the Capulet’s party, Romeo states, “I fear too early, for my mind misgives some consequence yet hanging in the stars shall bitterly begin his fearful date with this night’s revels, and expire the term” (I.iv.106-109). Before he even arrives at the masquerade he has angst about an unknown fated consequence that will arise from attending the party. When Balthasar shows up at Verona, he tells Romeo of Juliet’s tragic death, as he replies with, “Is it e’en so? Then I defy you, stars!” (V.i.24). Romeo challenges fate itself, to

In Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare portrays the inevitability of fate and futility of resisting one's identity. This is evident, first of all, when Romeo, after slaying Tybalt, says "O, I am fortune's fool." This is an example of alliteration, which is a sound technique that relies not on repeated letters, but repeated sounds and is produced when a number of words with the same first consonant sound occur close together. Shakespeare uses this technique of alliteration to create rhythm and mood to the dialogue, as well as trying to engage the audience. Shakespeare also portrays this theme, when Romeo says "Some consequence yet hanging in the stars/ shall bitterly begin his fearful fate/ with his nights revels."

Shakespeare wrote “Two households, both alike in dignity, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny, where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life,”(Prologue.1-6). One of the main themes in Romeo and Juliet, as described by the quote, is love as a cause of violence and distrust because family members of Romeo and Juliet are betrayed and lied to and the star crossed lovers eventually kill themselves out of love. Romeo and Juliet go behind their parents back as the meet on the balcony and get married. Juliet lies to the nurse and her parents about why she is going to Friar Lawrence. She ends up telling her parents she wants to get married to Paris even though she is thinking the opposite. All of these lies are told because Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare, a genius of his time and author of Romeo and Juliet, created conflicting ideas between true love and courtly love throughout his play. He defines true love as clear and simple, and courtly love as complex and not legitimate. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare uses figurative language to show the contrast between true and courtly love.

Love, such a funny thing to think about. A lot of people can’t even explain love without smiling, blushing and giggling about it or being a little upset remembering about the mistake they did in the past being a little bit bitter about it. Some people believe in a forever in love, but of course, others don’t. It’s up to you to think about it, whether or not you’ve had a good experience with love or just start to make a long rant about how stupid it is and how forever is not real. I have a bit of a different approach when it comes to describing love. My culture from the Philippines made me believe that in the right person, in the right time and in the right place, forever in love can be achieved. A song about someone who found their soul

Hate is one very important idea examined in Romeo and Juliet and is explored by Juliet when she states ‘Here's much to do with hate, but more with love’ (1.1.166). William Shakespeare conveys the consequences of hate in his play through the ancient feud between the Capulet’s and the Montague’s, the irrational decisions made and the deaths that resulted. It is the ancient feud between the two families that lead to the irrational decisions made by Romeo and Juliet as well as their demise. It is questionable as to whether Romeo and Juliet’s lives would be spared if their families were not feuding.

In the play, Romeo and Juliet, by Shakespeare tells of two families that have a huge grudge. A boy named Romeo and a girl named Juliet fall in love with each other and die in the end. In this play, Shakespeare uses a lot of figurative language throughout. He uses language like metaphors, similes and personification to describe the scenes and characters.

Often times, those who are short tempered can get themselves into a heap of trouble with their actions. This is just the case for Mercutio in William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.” Shakespeare’s use of similes, hyperboles, and foreshadowing to prove to the reader that Mercutio is short tempered and will fight almost anyone for any reason. The use of similes in act 3 scene 1 of “Romeo and Juliet” shows that the character Mercutio has a short temper.

“This fight has a lot to do with hate but it has more to do with love” says Romeo Montague. Romeo understands the real motive of the feud when everyone around engages in the fight unaware of its stimuli- tribal alliance. In the play Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare displays loyalty to one’s own people through multiple characters. They show blind loyalty which eventually leads to tragic events. Loyalty is shown throughout the play by family members, friends, and servants.

Shakespeare’s usage of metaphor and simile in A Midsummer Night’s Dream is best understood as an attempt to provide some useful context for relationships and emotions, most often love and friendship, or the lack thereof. One example of such a usage is in Act 3, Scene 2 of the play. Here, the two Athenian couples wake up in the forest and fall under the effects of the flower, thus confusing the romantic relationships between them. Hermia comes to find her Lysander has fallen for Helena. Hermia suspects that the two have both conspired against her in some cruel joke, and begins lashing out against Helena. She says “We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, / Have with our needles created both one flower, / Both one sampler sitting on one cushion, / Both warbling of one song, both in one key; / As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds, / Had been incorporate. So we grew together, / Like a double cherry, seeming parted; / But yet a union in partition / Two lovely berries moulded on one stem: / So, with two seeming bodies, but one heart; / Two of the first, like coats in heraldry, / Due but to one, and crowned with one crest.” (Shakespeare 2.3.206-13). Shakespeare writes this list of vibrant metaphors to establish the prior relationship between these two characters and to make it evident how affected Helena is by this unexpected turn of events, as well as to add a greater range of emotion to the comedy, thereby lending it more literary and popular appeal.