Juliet’s soliloquy in Act II, scene ii, line 74-84 of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a significant passage as it helps to develop the theme, love is powerful, through the use of oxymoron’s, metaphors and personification. Primarily, in this passage, Juliet mentions many oxymorons after receiving the news about Romeo’s banishment and Tybalt’s death which makes it significant. This is a quotation from the passage that included the use of oxymorons in the play, “Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelica!” (III. ii. 76), / “A Damned saint, an honorable villain!” (III. ii. 79). The use of an oxymoron’s in this passage informs the reader or the audience that Romeo is still the love of Juliet’s life even though he just killed Tybalt, her cousin, …show more content…
The use of words that are opposing to one another is what makes it an oxymoron and Shakespeare applies it in the play to show how Juliet is willing to excuse Romeo for what he did. Juliet is about to doubt her love to Romeo by yet she is praising him and based on what she is saying, she is not extremely angry or sad about what happened but yet she is questioning why and how Romeo changed, this relates to the ongoing theme love is powerful as it shows that Juliet is trying to make Romeo innocent instead of cursing him for what he did to her family. Secondary, the use of metaphor in the passage makes it significant as it shows the relationship between Romeo and Juliet after the incident.“O serpent heart hid with a flowering face!” (III. …show more content…
ii. 78). The metaphor was used in the quotation, listed above, Romeo was compared to a snake who is trying to blend into a flower and then he was compared to a raven who is cover with another bird’s fur which means he was not himself. Romeo is known as the friendly Montague who is well respected by everyone in Verona, the murder of Tybalt really made the people hate him as he was a friendly lamb who went hunting like a wolf. All of this was told to show that Romeo is innocent and what he did was not intentioned. Usually when one commits a crime, anyone surrounds them will leave them or when they want something they will never be trusted by anyone but no for Juliet, she is trying to come up of a reason of why Romeo could have killed Tybalt and that all because of her love to Romeo and it related to the theme, love is powerful, because it shows that Juliet is willing to betray her family and go against them to ensure that Romeo is a hero to her. Finally, the use of personification in this passage shows how Romeo is still the same to Juliet after what he did, which makes it significant. So fairly bound? Oh, that deceit should dwell / In such a gorgeous palace! (III. ii.
In lines 174 through 178 of Act 1 Scene 1, Romeo says many oxymorons in the beginning of his conversation with Benvolio. “Heavy lightness” and “serious vanity” are just some of the many oxymorons that Romeo says while explaining how it feels to love someone who doesn’t love you back. The use and repetition of the many oxymorons in the same dialogue leads the reader to the conclusion
himself that since Romeo is a Montague he will cause trouble. A few quotes from the
When Nurse comes to tell Juliet what happened to Romeo and Tybalt, Juliet was really surprised. Juliet inquires “When thou didst bower the spirit of a fiend, in mortal paradise of such sweet flesh?”(3.2.87-88), comparing good versus evil drawing attention to the fact that although Romeo’s actions were evil, referring to Romeo killing Tybalt over the murder of Mercutio, his outward appearance remained appealing. Due to Romeo’s grave offense, he is now considered as a “devil”, but his appearance is so beautiful. The theme of opposites show that Juliet is astonished of Romeo’s internal conflict and deceiving external appearances. She continues to wonder, “Was ever book containing such vile matter, so fairly bound?”(3.2.89-90). Juliet is now asking if there was ever a book containing unpleasant things have a beautiful cover, using the metaphor of a bound book comment on her lover. Juliet is really confused in this section because she never thought Romeo would kill someone due to his previously shown solicitous nature. Juliet is trying to reconcile how if anyone is good, they can commit a horrible act, like how Romeo killed Tybalt. The universal truth is that good people do bad things
William Shakespeare is amazing at using extended metaphor in Romeo and Juliet to show love between the characters, the word choice that Shakespeare uses to write extended metaphor is very detailed. During the balcony scene, Romeo says something towards Juliet which is an extended metaphor which shows love Romeo said, “Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, who is already sick and pale with grief that thou her maid art far more fair than she” (Shakespeare 2.2.3-5). What this means is that Juliet is being compared to the sun and Romeo is telling Juliet to arise beautiful woman and kill the envious moon so Juliet is a fair sun which has to destroy the darkness which is the moon. Romeo is saying that Juliet is as beautiful as the sun which shines over the world they live in. A little later during the balcony scene, Romeo uses extended metaphor again to compare Juliet to something good. Romeo is in love with Juliet and her beauty because Romeo always complements Juliet with something lovely and he speaks of Juliet in a nice way. For example, Romeo says “O, speak again, bright angel, for thou art as glorious to this night, being o’er my head as is a winged messenger of heaven unto the white-upturned wondering eyes” (Shakespeare 2.2.29-32). This really shows the love that Romeo has for Juliet because he compares her to a bright angel and being compared to an angel shows that she’s very glorious and mighty with beautiful features. Also, Romeo complements Juliet’s eyes again saying that her eyes are awestruck and so pretty that all mortals fall back to gaze this shows that Romeo is in love with all of her beauties and all the other people are too. Romeo says a lot of extended metaphor during the play to compare Juliet to things that are of beauty and not something that is horrible thus extended metaphor is used to show the love between
In the play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare, the author portrays certain themes of antithesis that are outlined from the play. The major form that we have interpreted from the play is love and hate or that of violence and peace. These themes are portrayed strongly in many scenes of Romeo and Juliet, and it is what keeps the plot going. Shakespeare may have wanted to show how hate and love, violence and peace, can lead to something that is great in the
My life were better ended by their hate, than death proroguèd, wanting of thy love,”(2.2.76-78). By using complex syntax and diction Shakespeare creates a sense of sincerity and genuity from Romeo as he explains to Juliet how he’d rather die should she not love him, than live without her love using intricate diction such as ‘proroguèd’. Another strong example of how Shakespeare’s unique use of diction and syntax greatly influences the mood of the scene would be when Romeo confesses to Juliet that, to him, he’d rather face 20 of her relatives than be given an angry look by her, saying that, “Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye than twenty of their swords,”(2.2.71-72). It gives a sense of almost sickening romanticism, especially from Romeo, and intensifies the obvious ‘love in the air’ between the two in the
The syllable of the syllable. An example of this would be, "O love hate. " The words love and hate are opposite emotions, so when placed together they emphasise and heighten the feelings of Romeo, who is describing his love for Rosalind and Rosalind's failure to return his affections. Oxymorons are very useful for describing these contradictory states of feeling that people often experience in times of excitement, crisis, etc. and stress. In Act 3 Scene 2 Juliet finds out about Tybalt's death and that her lover, Romeo, is the murderer.
On first seeing Juliet, Romeo exclaims, "O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! / It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night / Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope's ear; … So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows" (Act 1 Scene 5 Lines 44-48) Romeo describes Juliet's beauty in terms of light and dark. "She doth teach the torches to burn bright" means both that her beauty is brighter than the light of any torch and that she makes the whole room light up. The brightness of Juliet's beauty is made even brighter by the contrasts with the blackness of the "Ethiope" and the blackness of crows. The use of antithesis with the "snowy doves" and the "crows" creates a powerful opposing force showing how she stands out from the others. Another interpretation of the dove is that it is a symbol of peace and sets in place an image of Romeo and Juliet's love creating peace between the two rival families. Another moment is when Juliet is waiting for Romeo to come to her bed. In her imagination, the night will bring her love. She goes on to say, "Spread thy close curtain, love-performing night, / That runaways' eyes may wink and Romeo" (Act 3 Scene 2 Lines 5-6). Juliet is seeing things as though she is in bed, the curtains are closed, creating a dark atmosphere where they act their love. In the dark, the pair will create their own light, because "Lovers can see to do their amorous rites / By their own beauties" The use of courtly love is very common in theatres at the time of Romeo and Juliet because in those days people would dream and fantasize about courtly love and was an entertaining
This metaphor expresses that Romeo fell in love with Juliet so much that he had to come back. This gives the audience even more reason to blame
Throughout the film, it is clearly shown that the feud is deadly, referring to Mercutio and Tybalt’s death. Although poison has a literal purpose in the play, it also serves as a symbol of hatred between the two families. Friar Laurence uses a simile to apprise the belief that people are a lot like flowers—full of both “loveliness” and “rude-will,” even humans have the capability to be good or deadly. He mentions that it all depends on whether the “rude-will” takes over, which refers directly to how Romeo and Juliet’s love turns deadly when it is poisoned by the family’s vile feud. Due to the feud, the family would never allow the two lovers to be together which is the sole reason Juliet faked her own death and was brought to the Capulet tomb. When Romeo finds Juliet ‘dead’ in the Capulet tomb he can’t bear to live without her love, and he consumes poison which kills him. After Juliet regains consciousness and finds that her love is lifeless, she kills herself using Romeo’s dagger to be with him. This symbol displays that Juliet is happy to die as she describes the item that kills her with a positive connotation using the word ‘happy’. The star-crossed lovers can not cope life without one another. After their relationship was indisposed from the atrocious feud the lovers viewed no other choice representing
In the first four lines, Shakespeare conveys a foreshadow of death that affects the way Romeo thinks about love. Shakespeare starts with the singular letter “O” (1), connoting dreamlike thoughts and wishes. It could also be a sigh in which Romeo, who is a dreamer and gets easily attracted to women, understands that he will never be with his true love forever. Furthermore, the “she” (1) in the same line, hints that Romeo has taken a liking to a particular girl, and that he will
These oxymorons are figures of speech that put two opposing ideas together, i.e. Ill-fated love, love that is doomed to death. and deadly loins are not the sort of terms that we imagine hearing as they are very conflicting. There is a lot of contrasting language in Juliet's speech in Act 3. Scene 2. At this stage she is longing for Romeo and even though she talks of Romeo and her love for him, the language gives us a very different image of the.
Juliet’s weakness to be controlled by love leads her to make unadvised and irresponsible decisions that contribute to her choice of ending her life. Characterized as a young and rash teenager, with no interest in love and marriage at first, Juliet wants to be independent. However, after she first lays eyes on Romeo, Juliet’s perception of love is quick to change. Their strong love easily manipulates and clouds her judgment. Even if she is cautious and realizes their love is too fast, the rush of feelings from having a first love overcomes her. Her soft-spoken words symbolically foreshadow the journey of Romeo and Juliet’s love. “Well, do not swear. Although I joy in thee, / I have no joy of this contract tonight. / It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden;…/ This bud of love, by summer’s ripening breath, / May prove to be a beauteous flower when next we meet” (2.2. 117-123). The blooming flower is indicative of their growing love, especially Juliet. Being her first experience of true love, her actions become more rash the deeper she falls in, even ...
This rhetorical feature is only one of a large arsenal that Shakespeare utilizes to convey his story. Romeo begins his ritualistic display of affection in a grand manner, his language resplendent with beautiful imagery. At the open, there is little dialogue; Romeo must first woo his intended. This being achieved through antithetical couplets to highlight the differences between Juliet and everything inferior around her; 'Juliet is the sun...Kill the envious moon ', 'She speaks yet she says nothing ', are prime examples of this technique. This is also often assisted by; 'godly ' references that of 'heaven ' and that of the 'angel, ' to emphasize his rhetoric. Indeed, the rhyming verse adds a pleasant sound to the ear, to heighten the effect of Romeo 's words, a technique very much commonplace in that era of
(II.2.73) after Juliet asks if he is a Montague. He is willing to do anything for the girl he just met (again, touching on the theme of infatuation), and the fact that their two families don’t get along only makes the stakes higher for Romeo.