Romeo And Juliet Literary Devices

In the Play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, audiences can be manipulated though the conventions the author use figurative language like puns to make the audience laugh and Irony to create a more suspenseful story. In Romeo and Juliet at the last scene of the play it is ironic that Romeo drinks the Poison after believing Juliet was dead and Juliet then kills herself after she wakes up from a fake death after she realizes that her lover is dead. Then Romeo and Juliet’s families who were in a feud notice that they caused Romeo and Juliet’s deaths without intending it and that brings forth strong emotions within the audience. Although a majority of people believe authors utilize imagery and metaphors to manipulate and influence their audience, The Crucible by Arthur Miller uses irony to manipulate and influence the audience more effectively than any other rhetorical appeal.

In William Shakespeare's romantic tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, the two main characters are people from enemy families, who fall deeply in love. Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare's most famous plays. Shakespeare uses many stylistic devices to create this tragedy but most importantly he uses irony to develop this tragedy. Verbal irony is used to create humor and relief the audience, While dramatic and situational irony are used for tragic effects. Irony can can be found throughout the play. Shakespeare uses 3 different kinds of Irony: Verbal, situational, and dramatic irony to create the tragedy know as Romeo and Juliet.

Shakespeare uses many literary devices in Romeo and Juliet. One example of this is his use of paradox, a type of figurative language, which is a contradictory statement that is true. Shakespeare uses paradoxes to add to the play Romeo and Juliet by building on the plot and adding to the themes.

     One technique that Shakespeare uses is irony. Verbal irony is when a character says one thing but means the opposite. When a reader understands the irony of what a character is saying, then

There are hundreds of literary devices that are constantly used in books, magazines, articles, etc. Now within books, there are endless ways to insert as many devices as the author pleases. The most common literary devices used in Hamlet are: metaphors, similes, and anaphoras. These literary devices are used to emphasize emotions, help its’ audience interpret, and correlate events that happen in Hamlet.

Shakespeare uses dramatic devices to add to the conflict. Dramatic effects are used to heighten emotions and actions of the characters. By using a range of dramatic devices Shakespeare is able to change the mood and the atmosphere of the scene. Entrances and exits play a big part in this as it builds tension.

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."

In many literary works, there are methods that authors use to make a story better. In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, dramatic irony is the driving method. Dramatic irony is something in which characters do not know something, but the reader or audience knows what the true reality is. According to some researchers, “A staple of Elizabethan and Shakespearean drama was dramatic irony” (Halio 25). Furthermore some researchers also belive that dramatic irony is very prominent in the play, “ One of the more prominent literary devices in the play is irony” (Sauer 673). Romeo and Juliet, and also their friends and families face a lot of instances of dramatic irony in the story. Dramatic irony creates suspense and adds to

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.

Throughout the play, Shakespeare uses many different methods to enable the reader to feel sympathetic towards Romeo and Juliet. The various plot twists provide a dramatic

William Shakespeare lived and wrote over 400 years ago, but his wonderful plays continue to entertain and influence the audiences of the Twenty-First Century. Despite the outdated content and language of his works, Shakespeare’s plays remain popular with modern readers and play watchers for another reason. In all of his works, including William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, he uses countless literary devices and techniques to affect the mood of the audience and enhance their enjoyment. He utilizes puns and juxtaposition to create a comical or light hearted mood. He also uses dramatic irony and oxymorons for a dramatic or serious mood. Although Shakespeare’s work does not include modern language or modern situations, the literary devices that he uses work to keep an audience of any time feeling involved

William Shakespeare is the master of figurative language. He has wrote many intriguing plays including romeo and Juliet, a tragic love story. Shakespeare uses figurative language to define, describe, and to give the text more detail. In Shakespeare's play, romeo and juliet, Friar laurence uses an extended metaphor, personification, alliteration and many other parts figurative language. To add more of everything to a play, story novel, comic, etc..

Not one of these methods or strategies is specific to the content of any of Shakespeare’s plays; in fact, these are all strategies that could be used to teach any play and some of these strategies could be used to teach any kind of literature. In addition to the strategies and teaching methods that can be adapted and used for any of Shakespeare’s plays, there are also strategies that are unique, or more effective, to one play. The following articles, and their corresponding annotations, describe the methods, strategies, and procedures through which Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Richard III were taught to students in junior high school, high school, and college. Each annotation includes a brief summary of the article and an evaluation of the article and the

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

The poets use of similes, metaphors and personification is very interesting because he uses irony with each simile, metaphor and personification to describe his mistress and his feeling towards her. Shakespeare uses similes, metaphors and personification to describe