Romeo And Juliet Diction

A tragedy by Aristotle’s definition must have six parts as well as have the proper mood and atmosphere to it. The tragedy must have plot, character, diction, thought, spectacle, and melody. Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare is a timeless play that is an example of a tragedy. Romeo and Juliet has a plot with sadness, death, and compassion, characters that are tragic heroes, diction filled with poetry, thoughts that show the characters emotions and feelings, grand spectacles of love, and a melody that flows through out the play. Romeo and Juliet is an example of an Aristotle tragedy simply by its nature and its death and passion. Romeo and Juliet has a fantastic plot. The play starts with death and ends with death. Romeo and Juliet must fight

Shakespeare made the characters easily knowable by their diction. The poor and lower class characters talk in poor English and use slang and the wealthy, upper class uses correct grammar and speak in sonnets or have soliloquies.

“Ay, while you live, draw your neck out of collar.”

The diction used in the play show it is an Aristotle tragedy by helping identifying the characters, having very diverse uses, and by are appropriate and proper to the time and place. Romeo and Juliet has thought and a very strong theme. Shakespeare thought out each character and line to make a theme of the forcefulness of love as well as the theme of death and tragedy. The theme shows that both love and tragedy go hand in hand. Shakespeare shows this by contrasting every love scene with a death scene. The thought and theme of the play shows that it is an Aristotle tragedy by having a theme of love and hate and having well thought out characters and

From the ball at the beginning of the story to the poetic love between Romeo and Juliet, the play shows that spectacle plays a role in the story but it is not the main cause of emotion in the play. By Aristotle’s definition, spectacle should not be the main structure of emotion and that poems and language should be the main base for the cause of emotion. Romeo and Juliet shows this by having poetic devices such as Friar Lawrence’s speech and the Juliet’s soliloquies as well as other important events that are structure in poetry. The correct use of spectacle and poetry in the play shows that the play is an Aristotle tragedy. Romeo and Juliet has a melody aspect to it. The play starts with the chorus, which is used as an introduction and summary of the play for the audience. There is melody in the ball and Romeo meets Juliet while surrounded by music. The melody adds another layer to the play adding a unity of the plot in the play. The melody used throughout the play shows that it is an Aristotle tragedy by completing the plot and adding music to draw in the