Shakespearean Language Used to Create Meaning Romeo and Juliet is a well-known tragedy and play written by William Shakespeare. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet are two adolescent lovers separated by the feud between their families. Even after marrying each other, sneaking around and faking dead, Romeo and Juliet’s love for each other ends up resulting in them taking their own lives. Shakespeare uses imagery, hyperboles and sonnets to emphasize the relationship between Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare accentuates the love between Romeo and Juliet through the use of imagery. In act two, scene two, when Romeo is looking up at Juliet on her balcony, he expresses he would risk everything to gain Juliet. Romeo indicates, “I am no pilot; yet, wert …show more content…
In the first sonnet, used as a prologue to the tragedy, Romeo and Juliet are described as “star-crossed lovers” (line 6). The meaning of star-crossed lovers establishes the idea of failed romance. All throughout the play, Romeo and Juliet are referenced to stars and astrological imagery. When Romeo is wandering in the Capulet’s garden after the party, he finds Juliet on her balcony, and expresses how beautiful she is, “But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?/ It is the East, and Juliet is the sun./ Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,/ Who is already sick and pale with grief.” (II.ii.2-5) Through this imagery, it is evident Romeo views Juliet more beautiful than the moon and she can easily surpass the moon turning darkness into daylight. Romeo also personifies the moon as “sick and pale with grief”. By this, he emphasizes her beauty as brighter and possessing much more beauty than the moon. As Romeo watches Juliet on her balcony , he observes, “Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven,/ Having some business, do entreat her eyes/ To twinkle in their spheres till they return./ What if her eyes were there, they in her head?/ The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars/ As daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven/ Would through the airy regions stream so bright/ that birds would sing and think it were not night.” (II.ii.15-23) This quote …show more content…
The first sonnet acts as a prologue and is spoken by the chorus. The first sonnet gives the audience an insight of what to going to happen and background knowledge. The quote, “Two households, both alike in dignity/(In fair Verona, where we lay our scene),/ From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,” (1-3) explains the play takes place in Verona, involving two families of high social standing, who have been rivals for a long time. The lines, “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes/ A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life,/ Whose misadventured piteous overthrows/ Doth with their death bury their parents' strife.”(5-8) explains the children of the enemy families become lovers and commit suicide. In the end, their deaths is what contributed to the end of the two families feud.Through these lines, the audience is able to receive an overall summary of the plot. These lines also introduce the theme of love through the “star-crossed lovers.” The second sonnet in Romeo and Juliet is incorporated into the dialogue between Romeo and Juliet’s first meeting. Through their first encounter, Romeo and Juliet discuss lust and physical desire while masking it through religious terms. Romeo says, “Thus from my lips, by thine, my sin is purged.” (I.v.118) This quote means Romeo’s sins have been taken away by Juliet’s lips; [he
Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare, where a boy and a girl fall in love with each other during a party hosted by Juliet’s father, Lord Capulet. The two teenager decide to get marry, despite their family's hate for each other and only meeting each other a few hours ago. However, the Montagues (Romeo’s Parents) and the Capulets end their feud after they discover that their children killed themselves. Romeo and Juliet’s death was caused by Juliet’s parents, Juliet, and Friar Lawrence.
Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is a story of two young lovers. These two hearts, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet belong to feuding families. The family feud causes them to keep their love a secret and therefore only Romeo, Juliet, Benvolio, the Nurse and Friar Lawrence know of their love. Romeo and Juliet are able to look past the feud and let themselves fall in mad love with the other. They let themselves do almost anything for the other and at times it seems like too much to do, even for the one they love. Although fate and character traits play a key role in the play, ultimately Rome and Juliet’s personal choices lead to their downfall.Fate originates all of the conflicts in Romeo and Juliet, from when they met until they die.
In Romeo and Juliet, it is clear that Shakespeare commonly embodies metaphors in his play to elaborate on Romeo’s love for Juliet. The use of metaphors invites the audience to develop a further understanding of the object comparing values of love. An example of a metaphor can be noticed in the balcony scene when Romeo claims that “Juliet is the sun”. When we analyse this quote we notice that Shakespeare is displaying the respect that Romeo offers to Juliet. The purpose of using this particular metaphor is to show that Juliet’s appearance will always be accepted in Romeo’s heart. When the sun is mentioned it is referred as Juliet being high in the sky; overlooking and invalidating all those beneath her control. This metaphor is referring to Juliet as being truly out of this world, Romeo’s world; conveying ideas of excitement and affection. When Juliet is compared to the sun, powerful messages are given off such as Juliet being forever existent, and forever the love of Romeo’s life; as the sun will never die out, meaning that Romeo will always have a desire towards the angelic figure in his life. To conclude, metaphors are one of the most common language techniques that Shakespeare incorporates into his highly successful play, Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare models metaphors to analyse the affection so we can determine how much love is present in Romeo and Juliet’s relationship. As a result, the messages founded by metaphors helps us connect to the jubilant, however, catastrophic
William Shakespeare’s diverse use of rhetorical and figurative language enhances and develops the moods he conveys, thus creating vast and various atmospheres throughout his works. An example of one his works that uses many of these devices is Shakespeare’s renowned Romeo and Juliet. In the famous play, the two lovebirds (Romeo and Juliet), fall in a forbidden love as the long-lasting rivalry between their two families continues its onslaught. The couple later on tragically commit suicide, which ultimately ends the feud. During the journey of the two lovers, Shakespeare expresses clearly the mood of each scene using figurative language.
The famous poet Oscar Wilde once said that “The heart was made to be broken.”. Romeo and Juliet is a tale of two star-crossed lovers who in their love for each other were willing to sacrifice their lives. In Act 1, Scene 5 of “Romeo and Juliet”, William Shakespeare portrays Romeo as temperamental using hyperbole. Romeo says “ Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!
Shakespeare shows both the excitement and the dangers of first love using a range of structure and language devices to show how each character feels. He uses a wide range of metaphors to describe Romeo’s thoughts of Juliet and structures the play full of opposites and contrasts to show the light of love and the darkness of death and violence. In Act 1 Scene 5, Romeo and Juliet first meet each other in the party. This is a significant scene in the play as this is the start of the event that ultimately leads to their demise.
‘Romeo and Juliet’ The play ‘Romeo and Juliet’, by William Shakespeare, is a tragedy. tells of the tragic deaths of the two lovers, Romeo and Juliet. In Verona there were two families, the Montague and the Capulet’s. had an old argument with him.
Romeo and Juliet is a play about two young lovers, whose love was destined for destruction from the beginning because of the hatred between the two families, Montagues and Capulets. Shakespeare juxtaposes the themes of love and hatred. He continuously puts them side by side, and even though they are opposites, when seen together you realise that they are driven from the same thing; passion. Shakespeare uses many different language and dramatic techniques to convey this idea.
middle of paper ... ... Through the ingenious use of personification in Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare competently conveys the messages of love as lust, clouded judgment and death. In this dramatic tragedy, all of the character’s problems are a result of basing decisions off of their emotions rather than logic. Because of this, two lustful teenagers end up taking their lives over extreme affections and fear of their parents’ disapproval.
Romeo And Juliet, alongside Hamlet, is probably Shakespeare’s most performed play and has also been adapted in many forms. In Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, the star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet killed themselves due to the conflicts between the Capulets and the Montagues, Romeo and Juliet’s families. Regardless of the differences in reactions regarding the conflict between the two families, both Romeo and Tybalt are characters that act before they think, causing an unfortunate effect on the tragedy of the play.
The play Romeo and Juliet is a widely known tragedy written by Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet features two rival families and their children. When a daughter of Capulet and son of Montague meet at a party, sparks immediately fly. However, because of their family rivalry, they married in secret, and were happy. That is until things took a turn for the worse.
However, in act two, scene two, the mood is altogether more optimistic and Shakespeare uses a lot of light imagery particularly when Romeo is describing Juliet. When he first sees her on the balcony, he compares her to the sun. This clearly conveys Romeo's passion for Juliet as the sun is a giver of life, a brilliant source of light and has connotations of happiness and cheer, which contrasts greatly with Romeo's previous melancholy. Furthermore, Romeo exclaims that Juliet's eyes and cheeks are 'bright and later call her a 'bright angel' which suggests the strength of his admiration for her - to him, she is more of a divine, or spiritual light; a beacon of hope.
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, is a well known play. That it is still performed in theaters and English classes to this day. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a play about two star crossed lovers, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet. They fall in love, despite of the feud between their families. They were forced to keep their love secret because of their families, and they also got married without their families figuring out. This story is still read now because of its strong usage of literary elements. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet endures time because of its expert use of literary elements including foreshadowing, metaphor, and simile.
Romeo and Juliet is a romantic love story about a young lad named Romeo who has fallen in love with Lady Juliet, but is unable to marry her because of a long-lasting family feud. The play ends in the death of both these characters and the reunion of the friendship between the families. Romeo is in love with Juliet, and this is a true, passionate love (unlike the love Paris has for her or the love Romeo had for Rosaline) that nothing can overcome, not even the hatred between their two families that is the reason for the death of their two children. Throughout the play, Shakespeare thoroughly explores the themes of both true love and false love and hatred. Without either of these themes, the play would loose its romantic touch and probably would not be as famous as it is today.
In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare describes Romeo 's hopeless romantic self. Act one introduced the reader to a depressed and frustrated Romeo and the realization that he could not be with Rosaline. When he sees Juliet at the gathering at the Capulet 's home, Romeo says in awe, "O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright./ It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night / As a rich jewel in and Ethiop 's ear-" (1.5.42-44 Shakespeare). Hours before, Romeo had been in a miserable world and was then exclaiming proclamation of love. The significance of this is that it shows how Shakespeare portrayed his characters. The reader easily learns the nature of the character, their personality, and their desires. As the play progresses, the reader slowly begins to hope that Romeo 's desire of finding love be fulfilled and that he lives happily with Juliet. The reader is then transported to a miserable world when Romeo meets his tragic end and with him