Romeo And Juliet Language Analysis

Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film, Romeo + Juliet effectively appropriates the Shakespearean 16th century love tragedy. So why has Luhrmann decided to appropriate Romeo and Juliet? By changing the context, Luhrmann effectively makes the play relevant, discussing his contextual concerns of the 1990’s. This is done through the use of themes in the film, love, family disputes and hate which have remained similar to the original play, although the way they have been presented are different, in particular the form and characters. The form has had an obvious change as the original play has been adapted into a film. Characters in the film have also been appropriated to correspond with Luhrmann's contextual concerns. Hence, Luhrmann successfully appropriates the original Shakespeare play, Romeo and Juliet by maintaining similar themes, but altering the form and characterisation to fit his contextual concerns.

When Juliet hears that the wedding has been moved up to the next day, she drinks the

Juliet, love is what killed them. Romeo and Juliet is a play about two lovers and their forbidden love. However, their family feud does not keep them from being with each other. All the emotions that they feel throughout the play tell a completely different story, and expresses the story’s true meaning. The story tells us about the actions Romeo and Juliet hid away from the rest of the world, and how in the end, it leads to their death. Shakespeare structure of writing and all the syntax diction that he uses within the passage shows us all the emotions that are felt throughout the play and fundamentally, how it leads to their death.

Get a shovel. Get an axe. It is time to dig. William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet has many quotes with buried treasure. The riches in the literature is in the meaning of the dialogue and how it is portrayed. It is the knowledge the reader gains from examining it. The line, “Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow. That I shall say good night till it be morrow” has an undercover meaning and is exposed by rhetorical devices.

In the tragedy 'Romeo and Juliet', Shakespeare presents the inner struggles of Romeo and Juliet, the two protagonists as one of the main themes. This is clearly shown at the end of Act 3 Scene 2 when Juliet receives the news that Romeo has been banished and Tybalt has been killed. Juliet is distraught at the conflict of her loyalties. Should she express love for her family or should she express love for Romeo? By using many different language features, such as oxymorons, paradox, antithesis and dramatic irony, Shakespeare effectively displays Juliet's conflicting emotions. Later in the play, Shakespeare uses the betrayal by adults to again show the inner struggles of Romeo and Juliet.

Furthermore, Romeo and Juliet’s love changes their personalities, which further contributes to the theme of love within the story. At the beginning of the play, Juliet is a young girl who is very faithful to her family, and compliant to her elders. This is exemplified in Act 1, Scene 3 when Juliet is called by the nurse and comes forth at once saying “How Now! Who calls?” and also when she refers to her mother as “Madam”. When Juliet meets Romeo, however, her faithfulness to her family is no longer the most important thing to her. Juliet’s family, the Capulet’s, and Romeo’s family, the Montagues are foes, so the mere fact that Juliet would even associate with a Montague, let alone fall in love, shows her loss of devotion to the family. Meeting Romeo also helps Juliet to mature, she changes from being passive and not wanting to love a man, to being in love and wanting to start a relationship. “My only love, sprung from my only hate.” (Act 1, Scene 5) Romeo is also matured by the relationship between him and Juliet. Romeo’s first love towards Rosaline is lustful love but when Romeo meets Juliet, it is true, passionate love that Romeo is looking for.

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.

The play, Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is about a tragedy of two star crossed lovers who want nothing more than to be together forever. “…Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I’ll no longer be a Capulet.” (2.2.35-36) Romeo, a Montague, who is young and passionate, meets Juliet at a Capulet party. When they meet, it’s love at first sight. Juliet, a Capulet, is a beautiful young lady tired of being controlled by her father, Lord Capulet. The two families are in a never ending feud that comes between Romeo and Juliet’s love. In the course of four and a half days, Romeo and Juliet plan their marriage with the help of Priest Friar Laurence and Juliet’s Nurse. After the couple is married,

For example, on the Balcony scene, when Romeo encountered Juliet, Juliet exclaimed, “O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? / Deny thy father and refuse thy name, / Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, / And I’ll no longer be a Capulet” (2.2.36-39). This quote toward the middle of the story demonstrates that Juliet truly loves Romeo, meaning that she regrets that Romeo is a Montague, and that she is a Capulet. The division between their families produces a lot of issues for them because the Capulet and the Montagues have massacred themselves continuously. Shakespeare uses connotation and symbolism by deeply showing that Juliet is essentially asking Romeo, why he is a Montague? Juliet asks Romeo to object his last name, so they could have a peaceful relationship, not separated by violence. In addition to this, when Juliet went to consult Friar Lawrence concerning the marriage with Count Paris, she said, “O, bid me leap, rather than marry Paris, / From off the battlements of any tower, / Or walk in thievish ways, or bid me lurk / Where serpents are. Chain me with roaring bears, / Or hide me nightly in a charnel house” (4.1.78-81). This quote towards the end of the story demonstrates that Juliet prefers to die than to marry Count Paris. She is essentially saying that she’ll

Act II, Scene IV of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, opens with an exchanged between Romeo’s companions, Benevolio and Meructio. Having attended Capulet’s party the night before, Benevolio informs Meructio that Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin and sworn enemy of the Montague’s, has sent Romeo’s father a letter. Meructio declares it a challenge, asking, “… is he a man to encounter Tybalt?” Benevolio retorts, “Why, what is Tybalt?,” Meructio elaborates by declaring:

Shakespeare uses several types of language to create complex characters who display meaningful actions and feelings. Throughout the story of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare uses these types of language constantly, to make the play more interesting. The complex characters in any play are the key to having a good

The play, Romeo and Juliet, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare in 1592 and is set in Verona, Italy. It is about two young star-crossed lovers. The play explores the themes of friendship, loyalty, family, love, hate, fate and fortune. It includes literary and dramatic techniques such as imagery of light and dark, poetic language in iambic pentameter, soliloquies, oxymorons, sonnets, characterisations, juxtapositions, similes, metaphors and puns. Romeo falls in love with Juliet at first sight. However, their love is forbidden, as Romeo comes from the Montague family and Juliet from the Capulet family. The two families have an ongoing feud that prevents the lovers from ever being together. To get their way, they go against their parents’ wishes which in the end results in a double suicide. This quote by Juliet (Act 2, scene 2) “Romeo, Romeo wherefore art thou Romeo?” is her expressing her feelings towards Romeo being a Montague. She continues to say “deny thy father and refuse thy name. Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love And I’ll no longer be a Capulet.” Juliet is asking herself, why Romeo has to have the name Montague because if he did not, they could be together happily.

The marriage between Romeo and Juliet was suppose to the resolve the ancient feud between the Montagues and Capulets, but rather left the houses’ feud lasting. On the day of the wedding, the Friar began by saying to Romeo and Juliet, “So smile the heavens upon this holy act/That after hours with sorrow chide us not!”(2.6.1-2). This holy act is no resolution to the feud, but rather the unfortunate tragedy that must happen among the lovers. After the death of his cousin, Mercutio, Romeo now draws a fight with Tybalt for vengeance. Romeo feels that Mercutio’s death can only be repaid with a draw: “This day’s black fate on moe days doth/depend;/This but begins the woe others must end” (3.1.121-123). The battle results in the death of Tybalt and  Romeo is now banish out of the country for his actions, only causing a rather division between the houses. When Romeo sees that Juliet is “dead” from the vile of poison she drinks to get out of her marriage to Paris, he just cannot stand to see the love of his life laying there cold and motionless. Romeo giving Juliet a kiss, then says “Here’s to my love! O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die” (5.3.119-120). Romeo drinks the poison and kills himself, standing by the commitment that he promises to her, but when Juliet has awaken and she sees her

William Shakespeare was a 16th century poet and playwright who wrote many famous plays, poems and sonnets. One of the most famous of these is Romeo and Juliet. In the play Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare uses foreshadowing, metaphors, hyperbole, personification, and other literary devices to prove that love is unstable and can be hazardous.

Instead of William Shakespeare making Romeo (his character) say “ I climbed the wall and struggled just to see you in the bushes.” he uses hyperboles.He also used Metaphors in his story such as “I don’t know how to tell you who I am by telling you a name. I hate my name, dear saint because my name is your enemy” in this line Romeo compares Juliet to a “ saint” without using like or as that how I found out that was a Metaphor. These versions of figurative language make Romeo’s love for Juliet seem broader and more unrestrainable making it seem like Romeo would do anything for Juliet even pass obstacles that an everyday man wouldn’t. Without using figurative language the love story would not be as passionate as it was. Figurative language is the main thing someone needs in writing a great book. Readers enjoy the book like these because they don’t just say normal things. The authors over exaggerate or use types of figurative language to engage their audience and to make them fully understand their